Green chiratta can prevent COVID-19.
Below is the screenshot of the article:, The report’s first few paragraphs translate\xa0to English as:, "\Abhaibhubejhr Hospital\ presents the Wuhan virus with herbs to take care of your immunity, called “Fah Talai Jone”., “Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital educating through their Facebook fan page about the spread of coronavirus. Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr hospital advises everyone to take care of the immune system with Andrographis Paniculata, a herb that is outstanding in its three properties which are: 1. Immune stimulation 2. Anti-inflammatory 3. Antiviral, especially the virus that causes respiratory infections., “It acts like a soldier in the human’s body that protects the enemy from the infection and to help to reduce the severity of the virus infection.”, Andrographis Paniculata, or “Fah Talai Jon” in Thai, is a herb mostly grown in India and Sri Lanka. Its leaves and underground stems are used as medicine to prevent and treat the common cold and flu, according to the US-based health publisher WebMD., The Thansettakij\xa0article was also shared more than 1,700 times on Facebook\xa0here., Similar claims about the herb were\xa0also made here\xa0and\xa0here\xa0on Facebook, and here and here\xa0on Twitter., However, the\xa0claim is misleading., Thai health experts say there is no scientific research proving that the herb can protect humans against the novel coronavirus, which has now killed at least 900 people in China and spread to dozens of countries,\xa0AFP reported. At least 32 infections\xa0have been confirmed in Thailand., “There is no research which confirms that the plant can protect or relieve symptoms in humans from Wuhan virus,” Dr. Pakakrong Kwankao,\xa0Head of the Empirical Evidence Centre at Chao Phraya Abhaibhubehjr Hospital, told AFP by phone on February 4, 2020., Dr. Richard Brown, Programme Manager of Health Emergencies and Antimicrobial Resistance at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Thailand, also told AFP by email on February 5, 2020 that there is no evidence that the herb\xa0is an effective remedy for coronavirus., “We think this is not correct. Information from WHO\xa0does not mention the use of Herba Andrographidis for this purpose," Brown said., Thailand’s Department of Disease Control within the\xa0Ministry of Health published this video guideline on preventing novel coronavirus infection on February 3, 2019., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
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