Preprint Hypothesis Version 2 Preserved in Portico This version is not peer-reviewed

The mint versus Covid hypothesis

Version 1 : Received: 9 July 2022 / Approved: 12 July 2022 / Online: 12 July 2022 (09:22:29 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 4 October 2022 / Approved: 5 October 2022 / Online: 5 October 2022 (09:48:05 CEST)

A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.

Buck, C. B. The Mint versus Covid Hypothesis. Medical Hypotheses, 2023, 173, 111047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2023.111047. Buck, C. B. The Mint versus Covid Hypothesis. Medical Hypotheses, 2023, 173, 111047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2023.111047.

Abstract

Recent lines of evidence suggest the intriguing hypothesis that consuming common culinary herbs of the mint family might help prevent or treat Covid. Individual citizens could easily explore the hypothesis using ordinary kitchen materials. I offer a philosophical framework to account for the puzzling lack of public health messaging about this interesting idea.

Keywords

COVID-19; Covid19; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic; coronavirus; Lamiaceae, perilla; sage; tea; caffeic acid

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Other

Comments (1)

Comment 1
Received: 5 October 2022
Commenter: Christopher B. Buck
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: The manuscript has been revised in response to peer reviews
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