en Traditional Medicine Review Article Review Article <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em>Background</em></strong><em>:</em></span> COVID-19 caused a global pandemic problem. No confident management is introduced for it yet. This study aimed to propose a dietary protocol for hospitalized patients with the diagnosis of acute respiratory infectious disease caused by COVID-19 based on Persian Medicine.<br> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em>Methods</em></strong>:</span> This study was conducted in three phases. In the first phase, any diseases that could be matched with the clinical features of infection with COVID-19 were searched in selected PM references. In the second phase, medicinal herbs and foods that were available and could be used in the hospital diet were extracted and summarized<span dir="RTL">.</span> In the third phase, the new documentation of these pharmaceutical and food items was conducted.<br> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em>Results</em></strong>:</span> The signs and symptoms of infectious respiratory disease caused by COVID-19 can be categorized in the field of Zato al-rieh that can mainly be matched with pneumonia. Based on the described criteria, some nutrients and medicinal materia medica have been introduced for acute respiratory infection including Cydonia oblonga, Honey, Citrus sinensis, Malus domestica, Citrus medica, Crocus sativus, Raisin, Rosa Damas Cena, D.Carota, Camellia Sinensis, Anethum graveolens dhi, Punica granatum, Petroselinum Crispum, Coriandrum sativum, Urtica dioica, Allium sativum, Sesamum indicum<br> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><em>Conclusion</em></strong>: </span>Most materia medica has documents in current articles including anti-cough suppressants, antiviral properties, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory etc. A protocol of hospital diet for patients with infectious respiratory syndrome caused by COVID-19 has been introduced in this manuscript.</span></span> Persian medicine, Herbal Medicine, COVID-19, diet, Medicine, Traditional, Coronavirus 466 478 http://caspjim.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-698-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Masoud Moslemi Fard drm.moslemifard@gmail.com 100319475328460026178 100319475328460026178 No Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Narjess Goeji nargess_gorji@yahoo.com 100319475328460026179 100319475328460026179 No Department of History of Medical Sciences, School of Persian Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Reza Ghadimi rezaghadimi@yahoo.com 100319475328460026180 100319475328460026180 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Health Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, , Babol, Iran Mohammad Kamalinejad 100319475328460026181 100319475328460026181 No School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hoda Shirafkan hodashirafkan@gmail.com 100319475328460026182 100319475328460026182 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Health Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, , Babol, Iran Seyyed Ali Mozaffarpur seyyedali1357@gmail.com 100319475328460026183 100319475328460026183 Yes Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences, Research Health Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, , Babol, Iran