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Local herb study on Covid-19 patients to continue

An employee of Tumrubthai herbal shop hands out fah talai jone herbal medicine to people at CentralWorld shopping mall on March 6 last year. Each person is given one pack of the drug for free. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

Authorities will continue to study the efficacy of a local herb in treating Covid-19 patients after promising results during a trial.

The second phase of the study aims to confirm whether the herb, whose scientific name is andrographis paniculata and known as “fah talai jone”, is efficient in treating the patients, according to the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine and three other agencies.

Department director-general Amporn Benjaponpitak said on Thursday the study would also find whether the herbal extract was safe to use on Covid-19 patients alongside standard…

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