{"id":2583,"date":"2021-09-17T09:07:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalhealthlabco.com\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2021-09-17T09:39:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:39:07","slug":"a-promising-new-treatment-for-covid-19-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalhealthlabco.com\/?p=2583","title":{"rendered":"A promising new treatment for COVID-19 infection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A flowering plant native to North Africa and Western Asia could be utilised in the future treatment of COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seeds of the plant, Nigella Sativa, have been used for centuries as a traditional remedy for multiple medical conditions, including inflammation and infections.&nbsp; Now, an Australian-first research review article has found it could be used to treat COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is growing evidence from modelling studies that thymoquinone, an active ingredient of Nigella Sativa, more commonly known as the Fennel Flower, can stick to the COVID- 19 virus spike protein and stop the virus from causing a lung infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt may also block the \u2018cytokine\u2019 storm that affects seriously ill patients who are hospitalised with COVID-19,\u201d said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.uts.edu.au\/Kaneez.FatimaShad\">Professor Kaneez Fatima Shad<\/a>, lead author of a recently published comprehensive review article in the prestigious journal, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thymoquinone has been extensively studied in laboratories, including animal studies. These studies have shown that thymoquinone can moderate our immune system in a good way, by preventing pro-inflammation chemicals such as interleukins from been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This gives thymoquinone a potential role as a treatment for allergic conditions such as asthma, eczema, arthritis conditions including rheumatoid and osteoarthritis and even possibly multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The review paper details the mechanisms of action of Nigella Sativa and thymoquinone and how they are a promising future treatment of COVID-19 infection. &nbsp;&nbsp;There have been many barriers to the development of Nigella Sativa as a therapeutic agent in large part due to its poor natural gastrointestinal absorption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAdvances in pharmacological development such as nanotechnology have seen the chance to overcome this barrier to enable for its use as an effective oral medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the drug has recently been successfully given to patients as a nasal spray and topical paste,\u201d said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.uts.edu.au\/Wissam.Soubra\">Dr Wissam Soubra<\/a>, co-author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigella Sativa has been shown to be helpful in treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes mellitus. As an anti-inflammatory treatment, Nigella Sativa has also been found to help patients with allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, eczema, osteoarthritis and childhood epilepsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigella Sativa has also been proven to be effective in a laboratory environment in killing bacteria such as staphylococcus aureus that can cause a range of mild to severe infections if they enter the skin, and viruses including influenza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe review paper provides insight into a natural product that has been used as a traditional remedy for over thousand years and may be finally receiving the recognition it deserves,\u201d said Associate Professor Dennis Cordato, co-author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;study,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1440-1681.13553\">The role of thymoquinone, a major constituent of&nbsp;<em>Nigella sativa,<\/em>&nbsp;in the treatment of inflammatory and infectious diseases<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong>was recently published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Study: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uts.edu.au\/news\/health-science\/promising-new-treatment-covid-19-infection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.uts.edu.au\/news\/health-science\/promising-new-treatment-covid-19-infection<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A flowering plant native to North Africa and Western Asia could be utilised in the future treatment of COVID-19 infection. 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