Provocative new research has shown that a combination of botanical herbs kills SARS-CoV-2 cells, which cause COVID-19—the reason for today's global pandemic.
The groundbreaking toxicity and efficacy work showed the combination of herbs, most of them from the Traditional Chinese Medicine tradition, works on different mechanisms of action to each bolster the overall effect. In sum, the herbs prevent most coronavirus cells from entering human cells and then work in different ways to kill off those that do make it into the cells.
“The real interesting part is we took Dr. Langland's knowledge of vaccine development and referred primarily to traditional botanical medicine practitioners and literature as part of the process to guide the selection of the plants used in formulation,” said Bill Chioffi, vice president of strategic partnerships and business development at the Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanicals Research at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Ariz., where the research was conducted. “These herbs have low toxicity and a high level activity against viral replication at relatively low amounts.”