Therapy Areas: Respiratory
China's government approves sale of three traditional Chinese medicine products for COVID-19 treatment
4 March 2021 -

The National Medical Products Administration of the government of China has announced that the Chinese government has approved three traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products for sale to help treat COVID-19, CNN reported on Thursday.

The agency stated that it used a special approval procedure to green-light the three products, providing "more options" for COVID-19 treatment.

The statement said that these herbal products come in granular form and trace their origins to "ancient Chinese prescriptions", adding they were developed from TCM remedies that had been used early in the pandemic, and that were "screened by many academics and experts on the front line".

These three approved products are "lung-clearing and detoxing granules", "dampness-resolving and detoxing granules" and "lung-diffusing and detoxing granules".

According to CNN, the safety and effectiveness of TCM is still debated in China, where it has both supporters and sceptics.

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