Traditional Medicine: The Need to Revive and Return to the Past amid the Outbreak of Coronavirus

Abstract Importance of this therapeutic method in Iran is more prominent than other countries in the world for two main reasons; the first one is plant richness, biodiversity, having 11 climates of 13 world-known climates, and diversity of 8000 plant species that are considered as an exclusive capacity in Iran. The second is considering the possibility of inadequate access to medicine at the international level for various reasons, including the lack of financial resources needed to prepare the drug, possible sanctions, or time-consuming access, which makes it even more necessary to pay attention to the importance of herbal medicines. According to what has been mentioned above, two short-term and long-term approaches are proposed to benefit from the regional capacity and potential of medicinal plants and to compensate for the lost date of medicinal plants. In the short-term solution, the codification and immediate implementation of comprehensive and infrastructure programs to prevent and manage the outbreak of the covid19 disease by highlighting the role of prevention in families. To reach this goal, we need to educate, and aware people of how to exploit and utilize medicinal plants effectively to strengthen their immune systems and also to treat this disease. The long-term approach is having the support of the government and policymakers in recognition the ancient Iranian medicine, valuing and designating funding in expanding researches in this field, advocacy the existing centers of traditional medicine, preventing the easy sailing of related raw products, and considering medicinal plants in the medical structure of the country. Keywords: coronavirus, covid-19, Medicinal plant