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Bolivia uses medicinal plant chambers to fight COVID-19

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El Alto, Apr 23 (EFE).- Medicinal plants widely used by ancestral doctors in Bolivia are being used in steam chambers to strengthen the immune system in the midst of the health emergency caused by COVID-19.Plants such as eucalyptus, chamomile and huira huira, which are believed to have expectorant qualities and help the respiratory tract, are used in these chambers, said Felipe Quilla, Bolivia's acting deputy minister of traditional medicine, in an interview with EFE.These plants are used by ancestral doctors to prevent respiratory illnesses such as common flu through the use of infusions or boiling them in water in order to inhale the steam. (Camera: MARTIN ALIPAZ). SHOT LIST: HERBS TO BE USED IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE CHAMBER AND GROUP OF PEOPLE USE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE CHAMBER IN EL ALTO, BOLIVIA.

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