Tennessee State University, School of Nursing, 3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard, Campus Box 9590, Nashville, TN 37209, USA.
Tennessee State University, School of Nursing, 3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard, Campus Box 9590, Nashville, TN 37209, USA.
Nurs Clin North Am. 2021 Mar;56(1):79-89. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2020.10.007. Epub 2020 Nov 28.
Viral infections and their emergence continue to pose a threat to human lives. Up to the present, there are limited numbers of vaccines that effectively work and few antivirals licensed for use in clinical practice. Added to this is the increase in antiviral resistance, meaning that drugs that do work are at risk of reduced efficacy. The recent global pandemic of coronavirus 2019 has provided evidence for the risk of a preventative vaccination and effective treatment of viruses' subsequent consequences. The aim of this article is to review traditional and herbal treatments for infections, specifically addressing gastrointestinal and respiratory viral infections.
病毒感染及其出现继续对人类生命构成威胁。到目前为止，有效的疫苗数量有限，获准在临床实践中使用的抗病毒药物也很少。此外，抗病毒药物的耐药性不断增加，这意味着有效的药物可能会降低疗效。最近 2019 年冠状病毒的全球大流行提供了预防接种和有效治疗病毒后续后果的风险证据。本文的目的是回顾用于治疗感染的传统和草药治疗方法，特别是针对胃肠道和呼吸道病毒感染。
