Objectives: COVID-19, a novel Coronavirus from same family as SARS-CoV-2 is a highly contagiousvirus. It is transmitted mainly from upper respiratory system and affects important organs, like heartand lungs. The aim of this study is identifying appropriate therapeutic methods originated from persianmedicine. Materials and Methods: This study has been designed from the viewpoints of traditional andmodern medicine. Considering modern medicine, we searched valid database by searching key words“SARS-Cov-2” and “COVID-19”. For traditional medicine, we searched reliable traditional medicine likethe “Canon of Medicine” by “Avicenna”, the Exir-e Aazam and Zakhira-I Kharazm Shahi. Patients wereevaluated according to their symptoms and categorized based on traditional medicine. Physiopathologyand management of the disease, including prevention and treatment were studied. Results: The principleunderlying mechanism seems to be warm and dry dystemperament that affects different organs and causesvarious adverse effects which are higher than warm and dry dystemperament, but less than the presence ofvirus. Our traditional Iranian medicine findings are validated by the modern medicine. Conclusion: Basedon symptoms, the equivalent of this disease was examined from the viewpoint of traditional medicine.Then, physiopathology and management of this disease were presented in five levels, including one stageof prevention and four stages of treatment, and finally, the treatment recommendations of Iranian traditionalmedicine were approved with new research results.
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