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In a rare act of defiance, Dr Dingxiang (Dr Lilac), one of China’s leading health KOL platforms, openly criticised sending Lianhua Qingwen (a TCM capsule said to be effective against COVID) to all Shanghai residents, consuming one third of the city’s total delivery capacity. pic.twitter.com/BBBacIgJbG
— Xibai Xu (@xuxibai) April 16, 2022
Dr Lilac argues that Lianhua Qingwen cannot prevent COVID infection and its side effects remain unknown. Sending it to healthy residents in Shanghai is completely unnecessary and “should not have been done”. Full text: https://t.co/JhU8Y63eQR
— Xibai Xu (@xuxibai) April 16, 2022
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Shares of a traditional Chinese medicine maker plunged by the daily limit after the son of one of China’s richest men questioned the efficacy of its Lianhua Qingwen drug commonly used to treat mild cases of Covid-19 in China https://t.co/JYY70lQm8k
— Bloomberg (@business) April 18, 2022
— KittyPooh (@KittyPo80176717) April 18, 2022
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On Weibo, a netizen wrote to a commentator and said his uncle was admitted to an isolation facility after testing positive. He had a fever for 2 days and wasn’t given any meds except for 3 packs of Lianhua Qingwen each day. Unable to transfer to a hospital, he eventually died. https://t.co/wq0iEiBygs pic.twitter.com/IyEtjdUwfe
— Rachel Cheung (@rachel_cheung1) April 18, 2022
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A little known fact about Lianhua Qingwen capsules is that they are banned in Australia.https://t.co/QCYhFjvN2P https://t.co/7KdXIAjnjx pic.twitter.com/GSgurFZuqL
— KittyPooh (@KittyPo80176717) April 17, 2022
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