The Public Health Ministry and its research partners will further study the medicinal properties of herbs found in preliminary studies to be effective against the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19 in patients with mild symptoms.
The herbs to go under the microscope are green chiretta (Andrographis paniculata) and fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda), said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul yesterday.
The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTTAM) found in a recent study that green chiretta is effective in suppressing…