Also, medicinal plants used for treating respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms like those that occur in COVID-19 have been identified.
In conclusion, 79 different plant species were identified, with no reports of specific use of these plants for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19. Most medicinal plants were employed to relieve anxiety symptoms, which COVID-19 aggravated. Also, medicinal plants used for treating respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms like those that occur in COVID-19 have been identified. Finally, we identified that women, older adults, Black, Indigenous, or yellow people, the less educated, and those with comorbidities used medicinal plants more frequently.