Dangers of scientific bias against herbal drugs for coronavirus disease 2019.
10.1016/j.joim.2020.09.005
- Author:
Jonathan M FIELDS
1
Author Information
1. Integrative Medicine US, Tamarac, FL 33321, USA. Electronic address: imedicineus@gmail.com.
- Publication Type:Comment
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
Complementary therapies;
Coronavirus;
Herbal;
Medicine, Chinese traditional;
SARS-CoV-2
- MeSH:
Betacoronavirus;
Bias;
COVID-19;
Coronavirus;
Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy*;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Humans;
Pandemics;
Pneumonia, Viral;
SARS-CoV-2
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2020;18(6):459-461
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
On May 15, 2020, the Lancet published an article titled Use of Herbal Drugs to Treat COVID-19 Should be with Caution. While this is true of all drugs, herbal and otherwise, the data may be biased and deserve a scientific response. We believe these types of reports will unfairly and negatively impact the field of integrative medicine as a whole, and must be answered with facts and statistics that more accurately represent the current situation.
