Effects of herbal supplementation on lowering temperature and increasing oxygen saturation in COVID-19 patients
1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia.
2 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia.
3 Biology and Science Department, Faculty of Teaching and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. Surakarta, Indonesia.
Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2022, 06(02), 063–069.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjst.2022.6.2.0084
Publication history:
Received on 25 October 2022; revised on 01 December 2022; accepted on 03 December 2022
Abstract:
Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a virus known as SAR-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is a positive single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, which has an incubation period of up to 14 days. Currently, several studies have shown the benefits of herbal medicine in post-COVID 19 patients including honey, Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) and Black cumin.
Method: This research is quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test groups. Respondents were patients who were positively infected with COVID 19 in the working area of the Sukoharjo Health Center. The number of respondents consisted of 100 people who were divided into 2 groups.
Results: In this study there were 100 patients infected with COVID 19 who participated, and were divided into two groups, namely the treatment group (n = 50) who were given VCO oil supplements, honey, and Black Seed and the control group (n = 50) were given placebo. the test results showed that there were significant differences between the intervention group and the control group in decreasing body temperature and increasing oxygen saturation with a P value = 0.001.
Conclusion: Provision of herbal supplements for COVID-19 in the form of habatussauda, honey, and VCO has a significant effect on oxygen saturation compared to the control group. All COVID-19 patients who are given herbal medicine supplement formulations to support the treatment of COVID-19 can be cured.
Keywords:
COVID 19; Herbs; Black Cumin; Honey; Oxygen Saturation; VCO
Full text article in PDF:
Copyright information:
Copyright © 2022 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0