(Cnn in Spanish) China has approved the sale of three traditional Chinese medicine products (MTC) to help treat COVID-19the government’s National Medical Products Administration announced on Wednesday.
The agency used a special approval process to give the green light to the three products, which “provide more options for treating COVID-19 ″it said in a statement.
The products herbs come in granular form and they originate in “ancient Chinese recipes “says the statement. They were developed from traditional Chinese medicines used in the early pandemic and were “evaluated by many leading scientists and experts.”
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The three products are “granules to cleanse and detoxify the lungs “granules to detoxify and remove moisture “ Y “granules to detoxify and disperse the lungs “read the statement.
The safety and efficacy of TCM is still debated in China, where he has followers and skeptics alike. While many of traditional Chinese medicine have been used for hundreds of years, critics argue there is no verifiable scientific evidence to support its purported benefits.
Ancient remedies in recent years have been repeatedly hailed as a source of national pride by Chinese President Xi Jinping, himself a well-known proponent 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. During the pandemic, Xi has repeatedly urged doctors to treat patients with a mix of Chinese methods and Western medicines.
Tens of thousands of COVID-19 patients receive herbal remedies along with conventional antiviral medications, last year, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
By adjusting whole body health and improving immunity, traditional Chinese medicine can aid patients’ ability to resist and recover from illness, that’s an effective form of therapy, ”he said Yu Yanhong, deputy director of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in March 2020.