At the bottom of "Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)" webpage there is a section "Is there anything I should not do?", which lists four measures which ARE NOT effective against COVID-2019 and can be harmful: Smoking, Taking traditional herbal remedies, Wearing multiple masks, Taking self-medication such as antibiotics. See: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses<p>Checking different language versions of this webpage, you will see this list is the same except in the Chinese version, where "Taking traditional herbal remedies" is removed from the list. See: https://www.who.int/zh/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses<p>Chinese is actually using traditional medicine in COVID-19 clinical trials:
https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/comment/covid-19-clinical-trials/
http://www.chictr.org.cn/showprojen.aspx?proj=49415<p>Besides herbal medicine, Chinese is also using QiGong in COVID-19 clinical trials:
http://www.chictr.org.cn/hvshowproject.aspx?id=22582
http://www.chictr.org.cn/hvshowproject.aspx?id=22264
https://youtu.be/JnbjACXp-SE
http://english.eastday.com/Latest/u1ai8666358.html<p>Placenta:
http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=49712<p>Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma:
http://www.chictr.org.cn/showprojen.aspx?proj=49382<p>General Secretary Xi Jinping is a strong advocate of traditional Chinese medicine http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/25/c_138502458.htm