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cord-322279-6ffnejwj	Kwon, Seungwon	Could herbal medicine (Soshihotang) be a new treatment option for COVID-19?: A Narrative Review	2020-07-17		.txt	text/plain	4609	259	48	10 In this short narrative review, we will discuss the current clinical use and antiviral effects of Soshihotang (SSHT, Xiao Chai Hu Tang in Chinese, Shosaikoto in Japanese), which has been used in the past mainly for infectious diseases with chronic progression. Based on the search results, we summarized the following items in the form of a narrative review; i) indications of SSHT in classical medicine and in symptoms of COVID-19, ii) utilization status and clinical evidence of SSHT in infectious diseases, especially viral diseases, iii) antiviral effect of SSHT in experimental studies, iv) potential role of SSHT in repurposing J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f the treatment of COVID-19, v) SSHT variants that can be used according to various clinical symptoms, and vi) cautions when using SSHT.	./cache/cord-322279-6ffnejwj.txt	./txt/cord-322279-6ffnejwj.txt