TY - JOUR
T1 - Traditional Chinese herb, Astragalus
T2 - Possible for treatment and prevention of COVID-19?
AU - Law, Siukan
AU - Lo, Chuiman
AU - Han, Jie
AU - Leung, Albert Wingnang
AU - Xu, Chuanshan
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PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Astragalus is a traditional herb which has been used in China for a long time. It regulates blood circulation (vital energy), invigorates body fluid circulation, protects the flow of blood to fight against the attack of pathogens, and strengthens “blood deficiencies” according to Bencao Congxin. Astragalus was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2009 as a dietary supplement for upper respiratory infections, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic kidney disease. Thirty journals published in the past ten years were reviewed by using library search engines such as SCI/SCIE, PubMed, and Scopus. In this mini-review, we focus on the anti-inflammatory of Astragalus features, discuss the background of Astragalus and its function in various diseases from water-extracted Astragalus membranaceus, Astragalus saponins, and Astragalus polysaccharides. Based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory, Astragalus is a potential candidate to treat and prevent COVID-19.
AB - Astragalus is a traditional herb which has been used in China for a long time. It regulates blood circulation (vital energy), invigorates body fluid circulation, protects the flow of blood to fight against the attack of pathogens, and strengthens “blood deficiencies” according to Bencao Congxin. Astragalus was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2009 as a dietary supplement for upper respiratory infections, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, and chronic kidney disease. Thirty journals published in the past ten years were reviewed by using library search engines such as SCI/SCIE, PubMed, and Scopus. In this mini-review, we focus on the anti-inflammatory of Astragalus features, discuss the background of Astragalus and its function in various diseases from water-extracted Astragalus membranaceus, Astragalus saponins, and Astragalus polysaccharides. Based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory, Astragalus is a potential candidate to treat and prevent COVID-19.
KW - Astragalus
KW - COVID-19
KW - Prevention
KW - Traditional Chinese herb
KW - Treatment
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U2 - 10.2478/hepo-2020-0023
DO - 10.2478/hepo-2020-0023
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85106013533
SN - 0018-0599
VL - 66
SP - 79
EP - 84
JO - Herba Polonica
JF - Herba Polonica
IS - 4
ER -