Physicians told to use ‘poisonous’ herb to treat COVID-19: Kyrgyzstan

The country's health minister issued the dictate and publicly drank a cup of aconitum soongaricum to demonstrate its safety
Reuters Health

Doctors in Kyrgyzstan have been told to use a herbal tonic to treat COVID-19, which a medicines expert describes as “the most poisonous plant” in the country. 

Kyrgyzstan will use a herbal tonic to treat COVID-19, its health minister said on Friday after his president praised the remedy — despite warnings from a medical expert that it contained a potentially lethal poison.