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A coronavirus (covid-19) epidemic which started in Wuhan (China) spread fastly on several continents, turning into a pandemic then into a health crisis, disrupting the global balance This viral infectious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 strain, induces as most frequent symptoms: respiratory discomfort and acute respiratory distress syndrome leading to death In the absence of medicines or vaccines against this virus, aromatic and medicinal plants constitute an alternative to relieve the severe respiratory infections associated with the COVID 19 pandemic Hence, this study aims to enumerate and describe some efficient aromatic and medicinal plants that can be used against this virus Required studies on acute and chronic respiratory infections and effective medicinal and aromatic plants were searched in the most famous scientific databases;by using specific, well-targeted keywords The search was limited to publications in English and French Covid 19 is mainly due to acute and chronic respiratory infections by the new coronavirus strain;which could be alleviated by using the alternative of medicinal and aromatic plants in the absence of treatment and vaccine to prevent this pandemic This study enabled to identify the effectiveness of some plants such as Quinquina, Eucalyptus, Thyme, Artemisia etc Moreover, several components of these plants have shown wonderful results in the fight against this virus According to published research, it can be said that medicinal and aromatic plants can be effective in reducing and preventing the risk of contamination as well as in treating some Covid 19 symptoms
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