Further Reading: For Your Own Information and Research

It's important to keep learning!  To help you with gathering information to make the best choices for you, I will include helpful sites and articles that I personally found to be helpful here.  Happy reading!

Information on Viral Infections:

• Herbal Antivirals: Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections by Stephen Harrod Buhner
• SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): Herbal Protocols for the Treatment of Infection and Post-Coronavirus Syndrome. Stephen Buhner. 2020 with updates. https://www.stephenharrodbuhner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/covid-19-2.update.txt.pdf 
• American Herbalists Guild resource page on COVID-19 information, found here: https://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/covid-19-resources
• Scutellaria baicalensis, the golden herb from the garden of Chinese medicinal plants. Qing Zhao, Xiao-Ya Chen, and Cathie Martin Science Bulletin (Beijing) 2016; 61(68): 1391-1398 Published 2016 Jul 8 found on https://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031759/ 
• Antiviral natural products and herbal medicines.  Liang-Tzung Lin, Wen-Chan Hsu, Chun-Ching Lin.
• J Tradit Complement Med. 2014 Jan-Mar; 4(1): 24–35. DOI: 24872930
• Polygonum cuspidatum and its active components inhibit replication of the influenza virus through toll-like receptor 9-induced interferon beta expression. Chao-JenLin, Hui-Ju Lin, Her-Hsin Chen, You-An Hsu, Chin-San Liu, Guang-Yuh Hwang, Lei Wan.  PL-Os 2015; 10(2): e0117602.: 25658356