Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide, prompting a global search for effective treatments and management strategies. While conventional medicine continues to seek vaccines and pharmaceutical interventions, complementary and alternative approaches, such as herbal medicine, have also gained attention. This paper explores the potential of herbal management of COVID-19 from an astrological perspective.
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