Chinese cry for paracetamol as govt pushes for traditional drug Lianhua Qingwen
The Yunnan government has said there was an acute shortage of ibuprofen and paracetamol and the government was working to have them produced at "in full capacity".;
Hong Kong: As people in China suffering from Covid ask for ibuprofen and paracetamol, the government is pushing for a traditional medicine known as Lianhua Qingwen to contain the surge of Covid-19 infections, the media reported on Sunday.
According to South China Morning Post, people and experts are divided over its effectiveness as a treatment, and regulators in some countries have warned against its use or even banned it, like the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
"Why give us expensive Lianhua Qingwen? What we need is drugs that can lower the temperature, such as ibuprofen and paracetamol," wrote one user on social media website Weibo.
According to the report, some provinces are distributing tens of thousands of boxes with Lianhua Qingwen to residents.
The medicine was officially recommended as a treatment by the government in the early stages of the pandemic
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