1) News from Thailand (but there's more!)
"Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the use of Fah Talai Jone (green chiretta or Andrographis paniculate) to treat asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, after a successful trial of the herbal remedy in prisons.
Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said treatment with the herb will help relieve pressure on the public health system, with more than 14,000 new cases being reported daily.
She said the trial on infected prison inmates showed Fah Talai Jone can prevent the virus from entering cells while reducing viral replication. The Corrections Department gave the herbal remedy to 11,800 inmates with mild symptoms and 99.02% of them recovered."
https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG210728114450300
2) News from Vietnam too!
"Head of the Traditional Medicine Management Department under the Health Ministry Nguyen The Thinh said that by the end of July, the department will transfer to Ho Chi Minh City one million tablets of Andrographis Paniculata (commonly known as green chiretta), a herbal plant extract, to treat COVID-19 patients.
Thinh said that the department proposed leaders of the Ministry of Health use Andrographis Paniculata while treating COVID-19 patients and this was approved by the Ministry of Health and the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control.
Thinh noted that the herbal medicine was used in Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to treat the early stages of COVID-19 with positive results and the remedy is now to be used in the South.
The herbal medicine has been used by a number of countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand."
Treatment? Wow. What a concept!