Effects of herbal supplementation on lowering temperature and increasing oxygen saturation in COVID-19 patients

Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a virus known as SAR-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is a positive single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, which has an incubation period of up to 14 days. Currently, several studies have shown the benefits of herbal medicine in post-COVID 19 patients including honey, Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) and Black cumin. Method: This research is quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test groups. Respondents were patients who were positively infected with COVID 19 in the working area of ​​the Sukoharjo Health Center. The number of respondents consisted of 100 people who were divided into 2 groups. Results: In this study there were 100 patients infected with COVID 19 who participated, and were divided into two groups, namely the treatment group (n = 50) who were given VCO oil supplements, honey, and Black Seed and the control group (n = 50) were given placebo. the test results showed that there were significant differences between the intervention group and the control group in decreasing body temperature and increasing oxygen saturation with a P value = 0.001. Conclusion: Provision of herbal supplements for COVID-19 in the form of habatussauda, ​​honey, and VCO has a significant effect on oxygen saturation compared to the control group. All COVID-19 patients who are given herbal medicine supplement formulations to support the treatment of COVID-19 can be cured.