Table 3.

Symptomatic and prophylactic recommendation by AYUSH for SARS-COV-2.

Traditional medicine practice	Medicinal Plant	Purpose	Form of extract	Preparation	Recommended usage	Effective against	Reference
Ayurveda	Guduchi	Prophylactic	Aqueous	Samshamani Vati 500 gm with warm water	15 days B.I.D.	⁃Boosts immunity ⁃Treats chronic fever ⁃Fights Respiratory Problems	(Kalikar et al., 2008; More and Pai, 2011; Sharma et al., 2014)
	Ashwagandha	Prophylactic	Tablet of extract	With Lukewarm	500 mg B.I.D.	⁃Immunostimulant ⁃Antidepressant	(Mandlik and Namdeo, 2020; Tillu et al., 2020)
	Swasari ras (Polyherbal tablet)	Prophylactic	Tablet	With lukewarm water	500mg/tablet B.I.D. (two tablets in the morning and two in the evening	⁃Lung infection ⁃Bronchitis ⁃Cough and cold ⁃Asthma	Balkrishna et al. (2020a)
	AYUSH-64	Symptomatic	Tablet		2 tablets B.I.D.	⁃Respiratory infections
	Agastya Haritaki	Symptomatic	Powder	5 gm in warm water	B.I.D.	⁃Upper respiratory infection	Hegde (2020)
	Jujube red date (Ziziphus abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.)	Prophylactic	Tablet	with lukewarm water	500 mg tablet B.I.D.	⁃Immunomodulator ⁃Antidepressant	(Gao et al., 2013; Zou et al., 2018)
	Anu Thaila (Sesame oil)		Nasal drop	2 drops in each nostril		⁃Respiratory infection	Dalvi et al. (2015)
Unani	Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.)	Prophylactic	Aqueous	Behidana – 3 gm Unnab – 5 Nos Sapistan – 9 Nos Boil these 3 in 250 ml water, boil it until it remains half, and filter.	14 days B.I.D.	⁃Immunomodulatory ⁃Anti-influenza activity ⁃Anti-allergic ⁃CoV/flu-like infections	(Ad-Dahhan, 2010; Afzal et al., 2007; AlBayaty and AlTahan, 2008; Hamauzu et al., 2005)
	Jujube red date
	Lasura (Cordia myxa L.)
	Khashkhash (Poppy seeds) (Papaver somniferum L.)	Prophylactic	Aqueous	Add a tablespoon of honey and a tablespoon of KhasKhas to eight tablespoons of coconut milk and drink it before retiring to bed	12 gm	⁃Dry cough ⁃Sore throat ⁃Boosts immunity	Raut and Ghotankar (2020)
Homeopathic	Arsenicum album	Prophylactic	Tablet		3 days O.D. in empty stomach (repeat for one month till the infection persist)	⁃Effective against SARS-COV-2 ⁃Immunomodulator.	Khurana (2020)
Siddha	Adathodai Manapagu (Justicia adhatoda L.)	Prophylactic	Syrup	10 ml syrup	B.I.D.	⁃Fever	Kudineer (2013)
	Vishasura Kudineer	Prophylactic	Tablet	Decoction 60 ml	B.I.D.	⁃Fever	Shailaja et al. (2017)
	KabaSura Kudineer	Prophylactic	Tablet	Decoction 60 ml	B.I.D.	⁃Fever, cough, sore ⁃throat, shortness of ⁃Breathing issues	Saravanan et al. (2018)