A Powerful Combo
A new study shows that a daily dose of honey and Nigella sativa seeds dramatically cut COVID recovery time, hospital stays, and mortality rates by 4x compared to a placebo.
Most antiviral medicines have lacked effectiveness against Covid-19 or its side effects. Additionally, some pharmaceuticals are exorbitantly expensive, and unaffordable by much of the world.
Because of this, researchers have been diligently researching traditional herbs, which are safe and low-cost potential remedies against severe symptoms and mortality caused by viral infections such as COVID-19. Interesting new clinical findings from Pakistan now indicate that honey combined with the seeds of Nigella sativa long known as a remedy for many illnesses convincingly outperformed a placebo in saving COVID lives.
The Covid Study
In a rigorous double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, hundreds of COVID-positive adults with moderate or severe disease were provided either a daily mix of natural honey and Nigella sativa or an inactive placebo for 13 days along with standard care. The black cumin seeds contain thymoquinone, which has performed well on influenza patients in past studies. Honey has also been proven as effective against respiratory viruses.
The protocol used in the study was:
- Honey: 1 gram per kilogram body weight per day
- Nigella sativa seeds: 80 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day
Compared to placebo, this combination produced the following key clinical results:
- Alleviation of COVID-19 symptoms occurred about 50% faster with honey + Nigella sativa versus placebo
- Virus cleared around 4 days faster with honey + Nigella sativa vs. the placebo based on PCR tests showing negative
- In moderate cases, 64% continued normal activities starting on day 6 with honey + Nigella sativa vs. only 11% with placebo
- In severe cases, 50% were discharged from the hospital at day 6 with honey + Nigella sativa versus only 3% with placebo
- In severe cases, the death rate was 4 times lower with honey + Nigella sativa vs. the placebo (4% vs 19%)
- No adverse side effects were seen with the honey + Nigella sativa combination
Conclusion
This landmark study demonstrates that while rushed mRNA vaccines showed poor results and in some cases, harmful side effects, natural herbs provide safer, lower-cost and more effective relief.
Honey and and Nigella sativa could save thousands of vulnerable lives in less advantaged parts of the world if research like this was more widely known..
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