Table 2.

COVID 19 patients treated with herbal medicines

Sr. no	Drug used	Drug strength of ethanolic extract	Indications	Dose and repetition	No. of patients	Results
1	Aspidosperma quebracho	1/10	COVID 19 with breathlessness with bilateral pneumonia or ground glass opacities, known asthmatic, emphysema, O2 saturation less than 94%	Min. 10 drops with water twice a day to max: 15 drops 4 times	15	Oxygenation and breathlessness improved in 2 days in 70% patients out of which 4 cases were on positive pressure O2
2	Senega Polygala	1/10	Old patients with COVID 19, dry cough, rattling mucus, difficult expectoration, dry cough with dyspnoea, viscid mucus, hoarseness, pleural effusion,	Min: 15 drops 3 times with water to max: 20 drops 3 times	18	Senega helped as mucolytic. Reduced cough paroxysms in old people esp. with h/o chronic bronchitis, aphonea and hoarseness. Improved in 3–4 days. Helped to clear opacities in lung faster
3	Justicia adhatoda	1/10	Early stages of Covid to prevent further cytokine storm, cough, coryza, sore throat, acute catarrhal stage	Min. 10 drops 3 times a day with water, Max: 15 drops 4 times a day (excess dose can cause nausea)	24	Reduces catarrhal phase effectively, given in mild cases early in disease phase. Prevents cough leading to breathlessness. Out of 24 only one patient had developed breathlessness