According to recent data, the pandemic increased the prevalence of anxiety in the population by 25.6%, which was the primary indication for the most commonly used medicinal plants in the current study10.
There were no reports of medicinal plants used explicitly to treat or prevent COVID-19 by users. Anxiety was the most common reason for using M. officinalis, M. spicata, M. recutita L. , R. officinalis, and F. vulgare. This is especially important given how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated anxiety and depression symptoms worldwide. According to recent data, the pandemic increased the prevalence of anxiety in the population by 25.6%, which was the primary indication for the most commonly used medicinal plants in the current study10.