Is Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid useful for pneumonia in Wuhan?

The main ingredients of Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid are honeysuckle, scutellaria baicalensis, and forsythia, which mainly have the effects of dispersing wind and relieving surface, clearing heat and removing toxins, and are commonly used for colds and flu caused by external wind-heat. The inhibitory effect of Shuanghuanglian is still in the preliminary stage of research through major news, and may have a certain therapeutic effect on patients with wind-heat attacking the surface and sore throat in the early stage. Shuanghuanglian oral solution belongs to the cold drugs, Chinese medicine has a limit on cold drugs, for the need to clear the heat and detoxification of the disease, the principle of medicine is to see good, do not take for a long time, Shuanghuanglian oral solution of the inhibitory effect on the new coronavirus needs to be further verified. Source: Dr. Yau Lai