(CNN in Spanish) – China approved the sale of three traditional Chinese medicine products (MTC) to help treat COVID-19, Announced on Wednesday the National Administration of Government Medical Products.
The agency used a special approval procedure to give the green light to the three products, which “provide more options for the treatment of COVID-19 “, He said in a statement.
the products herbal come in granular form and have their origins in “ancient chinese recipes “, Says the statement. They were developed from traditional Chinese medicine remedies that had been used at the beginning of the pandemic and were “evaluated by many leading academics and experts.”
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The three products are “granules to cleanse and detoxify the lungs “, “granules to detoxify and remove moisture “ i “granules to detoxify and spread the lungs “, Reads the statement.
The safety and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is still debated in China, Where he has both followers and skeptics. Although many of the remedies in traditional Chinese medicine have been used for hundreds of years, critics argue that there is no verifiable scientific evidence to support its supposed benefits.
In recent years, ancient remedies have been repeatedly hailed as a source of national pride by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Himself a well-known advocate of traditional Chinese medicine.
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“Traditional medicine is a treasure of Chinese civilization that embodies the wisdom of the nation and its people,” Xi said at a national conference on traditional Chinese medicine in October 2019. Throughout the pandemic, Xi has repeatedly urged doctors to treat patients with a mixture of Chinese methods and Western medicine.
Tens of thousands of patients with COVID-19 they received herbal remedies along with conventional antiviral medications, Last year, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
“By adjusting the health of the whole body and improving immunity, traditional Chinese medicine can help stimulate patients’ ability to resist and recover from the disease, which is an effective form of therapy, ”he said Yu Yanhong, Deputy Director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, March 2020.