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
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.
Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliyev drank a solution made from the roots of aconitum soongaricum at an online briefing to show that it was safe.
“Those with mild symptoms recover within a day, those with more acute form (of the illness) take 3-4 days,” he said.
