Health Ministry licenses first domestic herbal medicine for COVID-19
VGP - The Ministry of Health has approved Sunkovir, the first Made-in-Viet Nam herbal medicine to treat COVID -19, for use in Viet Nam.
Sunkovir is the first recognized domestic herbal medicine for COVID-19 treatment in Viet Nam
After only three days of taking the herbal medicine, 100 percent of patients showed a sharp decrease in symptoms and level of severity, according to a report presented at a recent healthcare workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City.
Dr. Truong Thi Ngoc Lan, deputy head of the HCM City Traditional Medicine Institute, a representative of the research group, said none of a total of 1,115 COVID-19 patients involved in the study endured severity spike after taking the medicine.
In addition, the drug also helped rapidly reduce the severity of symptoms of the disease such as cough, shortness of breath, loss of smell and taste, nasal congestion, muscle aches, sore throat, headache, chest pain, sneezing, hoarseness, sweating, and drowsiness from day 3 onwards.
According to Dr. Lan, Sunkovir is indicated for use in cases of diseases caused by respiratory viruses, such as influenza and mild COVID-19 at the onset stage to quickly reduce the symptoms of the disease. It is safe for children from 3 years old, and patients on reproduction and genetics.
The success of Sunkovir is the result of close collaboration among doctors and pharmacists from different academies, universities and institutes nationwide. This has affirmed the role and values of Vietnamese traditional remedies in the prevention and treatment of emerging epidemics in the country, said Dr. Huynh Nguyen Loc, head of the HCMC Traditional Medicine Institute.
Sunkovir has been officially accepted by the National Ethics Committee in Viet Nam as a safe and effective product after eight clinical trials and preclinical trials taken place between January 2021 and December 2022 as well as six internal studies at Sao Thai Duong JSC.
The research has been approved for publication on the science publications Pubmed and Phytot
Viet Nam recorded 2,501 new cases of COVID-19 on April 25, the highest daily number in the past over half a year, according to the Health Ministry.
Statistics of the Health Ministry showed the number of new COVID-19 cases has been increasing over the past two weeks, and deaths have also been recorded after four months. The total number of cases since the pandemic began rose to 11,549,186. As many as 145 patients are in serious conditions needing breathing support./.
