UP researchers recommend lagundi for COVID-19 patients
January 16, 2022
Published by Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — Science Secretary Fortunato dela Peña has urged those afflicted with COVID-19 who are taking lagundi to follow the guidelines recommended by experts, particularly scientists from the University of the Philippines – Manila who had conducted a clinical trial on the medicinal plant as an adjunct treatment for the viral disease. In his weekly virtual Bayanihan briefing, Dela Peña said UP Manila clinical trial team leader Dr. Cecilia Maramba-Lazarte had advised the public to follow prescribed dosage to ensure that the use of lagundi to treat cough symptoms of COVID-19 will yie…