Herbal medicine miracle cure for coronavirus? Swiss laboratory surprises with initial findings

A Swiss laboratory claims to have found an effective agent against corona viruses.

It is a herbal medicine.

What is it about the miracle cure from Switzerland?

• A

  drug

  * that

  reliably cures

  COVID-19 sufferers

  has not yet been found.

• A

  study

  brings a herbal product from

  Switzerland

  into focus.

• Can it really

  help

  against

  coronavirus

  *

  ?

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  facts about

  the corona

  virus

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could be used against coronaviruses *.

That is the result of a study by the Swiss research facility Labor Spiez.

The scientists examined the effect of the natural remedy Echinaforce from the Swiss manufacturer A. Vogel.

Coronaviruses: Swiss laboratory proves the effectiveness of herbal medicine

It was found that

are inactivated by the drug - at least in the Petri dish.

This result was obtained for the viruses HCoV-229E, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, as shown in the scientific article published in the

has appeared.

The researchers believe that their findings

confirm

the

preventive effect

against lung diseases and colds caused by viruses.

They also conclude that the active ingredient could potentially also help against coronaviruses.

This could be particularly beneficial for medical staff.

However, the agent could also limit the transmission of the viruses to the entire population and thus reduce the number of deaths.

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Corona drug: not yet tested on humans

Regarding the question of why the research institute examined a herbal product, the laboratory told

: “We are fundamentally interested in antiviral substances.

We cooperate with various partners for this purpose.

So far there is no specific prophylaxis or treatment for

.

That is why we took a close look at Echinaforce, among other things. "

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- BLICK (@Blickch) September 14, 2020

So far, however, the results only apply to the

.

An effect on the human body has not yet been investigated.

“The data show that Echinaforce can inactivate Sars-CoV-2 viruses in vitro.

How physiological this is still has to be clarified, ”said the laboratory, according to

Both in Germany and in the rest of Europe, the number of new infections is rising sharply again - France and Spain in particular are affected.

Virologist Christian Drosten warned of this development and found alarming words.

Meanwhile, experts recommend a simple home remedy that will help prevent the spread.