The clinical trials on herbal medicine “lagundi” as a supplemental treatment for COVID-19 patients have shown “promising results” in decreasing the symptoms in mild cases, according to Science Secretary Fortunato dela Peña. Read:
The second stage of the trial is the large-scale testing where the more effective normal dose was compared to the placebo group.
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute led the trials that evaluated the impact of VCO in normalizing the c-reactive protein, hematology tests, pulmonary function, viral load, lipid profile, diminishing signs and symptoms and the number of days in the center. For the hospital trials handled by the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital , 77 COVID-19 patients participated regardless of the severity of their case. They received 15 mL of VCO thrice a day for 14 weeks.According to Dela Peña, the initial findings of the hospital trials for VCO have not yet established any benefit for hospitalized patients.
Dela Peña said that according to a report, in the trial with relatively low viral loads, the VCO compound was able to decrease the amount of virus by 60 to 90 percent.
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