(Screenshot from DOSTv Facebook) MANILA - A medical doctor and project leader of the study on lagundi as adjuvant therapy for mild Covid-19 reminded the public that there is a prescribed dosage for the herbal medicine that treats cough and asthma. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato de la Pena, in a taped report aired Friday afternoon, said the prescribed dosages will ensure that treatment using lagundi will render positive results. Citing the recommendations of Dr. Cecilia Maramba-Lazarte, the project leader of the lagundi clinical trial by the University of the Philippines Manila with the support from DOST-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, he said adults may take the 600-milligram (mg) tablet or 5 milliliters (ml) of the 600 mg syrup thrice daily. Pediatric patients' dosage requirements, on the other hand, would vary depending on the age range. The 300 mg syrup may be taken thrice daily by children, following the suggested dosage
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A doctor refuted social media users who cast doubt on the efficacy of the lagundi plant as a treatment for some mild symptoms of COVID-19. In a Facebook
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