the Government of Bolivia seeks to encourage the use of traditional medicine as a resource to address covid-19 with an exhibition of these products this Friday at the home of Government in La Pawith.
In his speech, the country president, Luis Arce, Has highlighted the value of natural products of ancestral use as the eucalyptus, wheel wheel, The sheets of coca, el soft o la chamomile, Among others, to “be able to resist the onslaught of the coronavirus.”
Maple stressed the importance of knowing the “cultural roots“Of these elements that, he said, are often in the field and economically disadvantaged sectors are ‘primary medicine’ to save lives.
Precisely, At the fair in the main hallway of the house of Government in La Paz several producers and specialists in traditional medicine showed their packaged products, treatments and recommended doses for use in different ailments.
Much of this medicine based mainly on herbs was presented in liquid extracts, infusions, stimulants or ointments with specific properties as established by the customs of the communities in country regions.
The president noted that both the conventional medicine as traditional “they are absolutely complementary and useful” for the prevention and treatment of diseases, especially at times such as, when “coronavirus cases are massed.”
During a brief meeting with the promoters of traditional medicine, Arce pledged the support of his Government for the dissemination of healing properties and for greater production of these alternatives.
Bolivia faces what many have called one second wave of infections with almost 2,000 cases reported per day, something that has not happened since July and August last year and which has begun in the last days of December.
the new coronavirus has even affected defense ministers, Edmundo Novillo, And Foreign, Rogelio Mayta, During the recent peak of infection.
Since the detection of the first cases in March 2020, the country, with more than eleven million inhabitants, has been accumulating 9304 deaths and 168,891 confirmed infections.