Possibilities of Pre-Hospital Intervention in the Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Recommendationsof the Hungarian Integrative Medicine Association

Abstract

Over the Covid-19 pandemic, the whole world withdraws in the interest of the isolation and eradication of the disease. Governments over the world have ordered the narrowing of mobility, the usage of self-protective equipments, and invest tremendous efforts in finding the tools of treatment and vaccination. However, nobody mentions therapeutic options applicable in the prehospital phase regarding those prestigious methods with great traditions such as the integrative and complementary medicines. Therefore, according to observations of the elements of the disease process, we divided and categorized the practices which individuals can simply and easily exercise in their homes, acting upon verificationally effective advices that approve to enhance immunity along with the reduction of viral effects. We based our examinations on the methods and tools of Ayurveda, apitherapy, phytotherapy, homeopathy, and oxygen therapy. Our suggestions do not explain treatments of intensive care under hospitalization.