By Paphamon Arayasukawat

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Drug System Development Board has published a notification in the Royal Gazette stating that it has added five herbal medicines to Thailand’s National List of Essential Medicinal Herbs, in order to drive and promote the use of herbal medicines in the health service system.

 

The five medicines are Thamlai Phra Sumen, hemorrhoid relief pills, Andrographis paniculata extract pills that contain andrographolide not less than 4 per cent by weight (w/w), Andrographis paniculata extract and powdered Andrographis paniculata.

 

The board said the medicines from Andrographis paniculata herbs, such as Andrographis paniculata extract and powdered Andrographis paniculata, can be used to treat COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.

 

Andrographis paniculata is widely cultivated in South and Southeast Asia. The whole plant, or its roots and leaves, have traditionally been used to treat bacterial infections and some other diseases.

 

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Hemorrhoid  relief pills? Not required. I've  got piles of those.

Some higher up must have control of this herbal supplement supply chain?

 

There has been a big push on this fron in the past few months.

 

 

 

 

What was the name of it again?

 

Oh...silly me, it was only mentioned 5 times.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

COVID-19

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The whole plant, or its roots and leaves, have traditionally been used to treat bacterial infections and some other diseases

 

But is not Covid a virus .. unless of course it's really a bacteria  masquerading as a virus in which case they may be on to something .. 

Please remember the rhino horn and the pangolin scales....  oh, and essence of sick bat is also essential......

A little more detail...

 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2020/12/08/2020.12.08.415836.full.pdf

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-30/thailand-clears-use-of-herbal-medicine-for-covid-19-treatment

 

From the Bloomberg article (with no judgment on its veracity...)

• The extract from the plant, known as Fah Talai Jone in Thai, can curb virus and reduce severity of inflammation, ministry says citing studies
• Human trials showed patient conditions improved within three days of the treatment without side effects if the medicine is administered within 72 hours of testing positive