Title: The utilization of natural therapies in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19

Abstract:

Immediately after the outbreak of the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, scientists from all over the world started a fight against time to find effective therapeutic means to prevent and treat this terrible scourge. Starting with the year 2020, researchers in the field of various natural therapies have begun to publish in specialized journals the field, studies on the scientific use of medicinal and aromatic plants, volatile oils, homeopathic remedies, nutritional supplements, bee products, natural active substances, etc., in the hope to find help for the millions of people around the world who were in danger of dying from this terrible virus.The abbreviation SARS-CoV-2 translates as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, while COVID-19 is the disease caused by this virus. The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin word "corona" for crown or halo and refers to the characteristic appearance of the virus, which resembles a crown. The infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, produces respiratory infections with degrees of severity from medium to severe, which can even lead to death.The most common symptoms of COVID-19, are: fever, dry cough and fatigue. Other symptoms that are less common and that may occur in some people are: pain, nasal congestion, conjunctivitis, headache, sore throat, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste and smell, skin rashes and redness of the fingers and toes. The most common manifestations of post-COVID-19 illness include: cognitive dysfunctions, which people call "brain fog", breathing difficulties, fatigue, dyspnea, headache, cough, myalgia, lost of smell and taste, etc.In this study, I will present some of the possibilities offered by various natural therapies for the prevention and treatment of this infectious disease, known as COVID-19. Various natural therapies, like acupuncture, apitherapy, aromatherapy, Ayurveda, homeopathy, phytotherapy,  different manual therapies, etc, can play an important role in treating the post-COVID condition, respectively the various symptoms that accompany this disease for a long time, thus being a real help to patients recovering from this viral infection.For today's medicine, a combination of allopathic and traditional medicine methods is an effective way to prevent and treat various acute and chronic diseases, including the infection with the new coronavirus, which through the pandemic caused by it, produced heavy human losses at the global level.Integrative medicine, which brings together the exceptional achievements of modern medicine, with the healing power of various natural therapies, is the way forward in the 21st century.

Biography:

LadislauRosenberg activated in research,education,and practice of various fields of integrative medicine,being recognized specialist in apitherapy,aromatherapy,phototherapy,and homeopathy.Ladislau Rosenberg was Associate Professor at two important universities in Romania,the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Targu Mures and the University “Lucian Blaga” of Sibiu. He is the author of 4 books about the role of natural therapies in medicine and numerous scientific papers (82), published in Romania and abroad.