Contested / Myth (Fact-check)
'Coronil cures COVID-19'
2020-21Patanjali AyurvedCoronil kitGujarat
2020Contested-Myth
A herbal product marketed as a cure for COVID-19.
- Dated
- 2020–2021
- As scholars put it
- 2020-21
- Originator
- Patanjali Ayurved
- Source text
- Coronil kit
- Region
- Gujarat
- Discipline
- Contested / Myth (Fact-check)
- Evidence
- Contested-Myth
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
What the evidence says
Widely sold during the pandemic.
Approved only as a supportive measure; the WHO said it had not certified any traditional medicine for COVID-19.
References
- 1AYUSH Ministry
- 2WHO statement (2021)
Further reading
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