As China appears to emerge from the worst of its coronavirus outbreak, government officials encourage the use of traditional medicine for treatment and prevention — a practice experts warn could give the public a false sense of security amid the pandemic.
These remedies consist of a combination of dozens of herbs and a clear breakdown isn’t widely available, Liu said.
“We need to know which specific product is claimed to work and what is the evidence,” he said, before going on to cite the importance of understanding different variations of penicillin. — help that according to the state media ranges from test kits to traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and products.
In the United Kingdom, growing numbers of patients of traditional Chinese medicine have been asking for remedies to prevent and treat COVID-19 since the outbreak began in December, said Qikan Yin, general manager of the Institute of Chinese Medicine in London.
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