He Government of Bolivia wants to encourage the use of traditional medicine as a tool to face Covid-19 with an exhibition of these products this Friday at the home of Government in La Pawith.
In his speech, the president of the country, Luis Arce, emphasized the value of natural products of ancestral use such as eucalyptus, wheel wheel, the sheets off coca, he soft o la manzanilla, among other things to “withstand the attack of the coronavirus”.
Arce stressed the importance of knowing the “Cultural rootsOf these elements which, he said, are often in the field and economically disadvantaged sectors “primary medicine” to save lives.
Exactly, at the fair in the main hall of the house Government in La Paz several manufacturers and specialists in traditional medicine showed their packaged products, the treatments and recommended doses to use in different diseases.
Lots of this medicine mainly based on herbs It was presented in liquid extracts, infusions, fomentations or ointments with specific properties as determined by the customs of the communities in the regions of the country.
The president pointed out that both the conventional medicine traditionally, they “are absolutely complementary and useful” for the prevention and cure of disease, especially at times like now when “cases of coronavirus are widespread”.
During a brief meeting with the promoters of traditional medicine, Arce promised his government’s support for the diffusion of the curative properties and for increased production thereof alternatives.
Bolivia faces what many have called one second wave of infections with nearly 2,000 reported cases per day, something that has not occurred since July and August last year and started in the last days of December.
The new coronavirus It even hit the defense ministers, Edmundo Novillo, and foreign, Rogelio Mayta, during the recent peak in contamination.
Since the first cases were discovered in March 2020, the country, with more than eleven million inhabitants, has accumulated 9,304 deaths and 168,891 confirmed infections.