Head of Herbalists Union: Traditional Medicine Claims About Coronavirus Treatment Are Lies and Deception
The head of the herbalists union has criticized claims by some herbalists about discovering a coronavirus treatment drug. He has asked the public not to “fall for these claims and propaganda.” In cyberspace, some individuals have been selling and marketing traditional medicine drugs and treatments.
Alirezaa Rezaei Gahroudi, head of the herbalists trade union, has asked the public not to pay attention to herbalists’ claims and propaganda.
Mr. Rezaei Gahroudi, in an interview with the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA), regarding claims by some profiteers in cyberspace about discovering herbal medicines to treat coronavirus and selling them in herbalist shops, said: “We do not confirm the materials published in cyberspace under this title, and these topics and their publication and promotion are completely illegal.”
He emphasized: “People should not fall for virtual propaganda whose source and origin is fundamentally unclear and which is certainly masking the fraud of profiteers.”
The head of the herbalists union added: “All people in the world are obliged to follow the instructions of the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization, and in Iran, the only reliable source for informing the protocol for dealing with coronavirus is the Ministry of Health and the designated headquarters.”
Rezaei, while criticizing the spread of such deceptions in cyberspace, emphasized: “Despite all its greatness, China and America and powerful European countries are unable to produce an effective drug for treating coronavirus, so how can a herbalist discover a coronavirus vaccine? I believe the audience should not fall for these claims and propaganda.”
He has asked official authorities to exercise more precise oversight of herbalist shops and called on “the cyber police to take action to prevent and stop these advertisements in cyberspace and to identify violators.”
“Miraculous” Drugs and Remedies
In recent days and with the spread of coronavirus in Iran, some individuals in cyberspace have been selling and marketing drugs and remedies according to “traditional medicine” that have no scientific basis and are a form of fraud.
According to experts, those who trust these individuals not only lose their money, but may also endanger their own lives with the side effects of non-standard drugs.
At a time when the World Health Organization has regretfully announced that there is still no definitive cure for coronavirus, some people still claim to have found the cure in their homes or shops and, with cunning, seek their victims among those who are unfortunately still bound by ignorance and superstition.
For example, following the spread of coronavirus in Iran, the Telegram channel of Abbas Tabrizian, who calls himself the father of “Islamic medicine,” announced the effectiveness of violet oil for treating this epidemic. This cleric introduced “violet oil” as a saving and miraculous medicine.
The “medical” activities of this cleric in recent years have faced negative reactions from scientific circles and the Ministry of Health and even some clergy.
Officials at the Ministry of Health and doctors in Iran said that the use of violet oil has no effect on treating coronavirus and asked people not to fall for such claims.
Source: DW
