This invention discloses a herbal composition for treating or preventing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including the wild type and its different variant strains. The composition comprises the extract of Platycodon grandiflorum, which showed the synergistic inhibitory effect of infection compared to the Anti-epidemic No. 1 (AN1) consisted of Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Atractylodes lancea, Pogostemon cablin, Glehnia littoralis, Lonicera japonica and Cyrtomium fortunei.

This invention discloses a herbal composition for treating or preventing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), including the wild type and its different variant strains. The composition comprises the extract of Platycodon grandiflorum, which showed the synergistic inhibitory effect of infection compared to the Anti-epidemic No. 1 (AN1) consisted of Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Atractylodes lancea, Pogostemon cablin, Glehnia littoralis, Lonicera japonica and Cyrtomium fortunei.