Abstract

IMPACT OF SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE AND THEIR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN PREVENTION OF COVID INFECTION – A REVIEW

M. Kousalya* and K. Dhunmati

Abstract

COVID is highly infectious respiratory disease originated from the Hunan seafood market at Wuhan, China. It starts spread tremendously. Most common symptoms are fever, dry cough, tiredness and less common symptoms such as aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, headache, loss of taste or smell, a rash on skin, or discolouration of fingers or toes. It causes mortality in old people. Therefore, we should pay close attention to the severity of respiratory virus infection. Treatment with quinine improves health status initially and it has been withdrawal due to its side effects. General preventive measures such as washing hands often, stay home, avoid contact with others, maintaining social distance, eat healthy food, drink plenty of fluids etc. are recommended to protect us against covid. Researchers are trying to discover vaccine. But we have few traditional medicine to prevent and treat corona virus disease which acts against that virus and improves innate immunity.

Keywords: Corona virus, Traditional food, Kabasura kudineer, Unavae marundhu, Medicinal plants, Rasam.