Herbal intervention along with Western medicine has better recovery for fever, cough, fatigue, chest CT Improvement, RT-PCR Negativity, sore-throat, and duration of hospital stay.•

The laboratory parameters (e.g., WBC, Lymphocyte percentage, Absolute Lymphocyte count, CRP, IL-6, ESR levels) were also better in the herbal medicine group compared to standard care group only.•

No significant adverse events for herbal medications were noted in the included RCTs.

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