FDA approves traditional Chinese medicine for Covid-19 treatment


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The Food and Drug Administration approved last August a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) called Lianhua Qingwen, offering a ray of hope in battling the dreaded Covid-19 virus, at least for patients with mild or moderate symptoms. The FDA nod makes Lianhua Qingwen the first TCM to be registered as a traditionally used herbal product in the Philippines. Lianhua Qingwen, widely used in China as part of its standard Covid-19 treatments, was officially launched in the local market through the partnership between Yiling Pharmaceutical and its exclusive distributor in the Philippines, Philippine Archipelago International Trading Corp. Dr. Philip Tan-Gatue, Medical Director...