Maria de Nazare, prepares a tea using a leaf from the Jambu, a typical herb from northern Brazil, in her home near of Portel, southwest of Marajo island in Para state, Brazil, June 13, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
PORTEL, Brazil (Reuters) - Some villagers in the eastern Amazon are spurning Brazilian government advice to take the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to keep the novel coronavirus at bay and are drinking tea of jambú, also known as the toothache plant.
Maria de Nazaré Sajes, 65, tested positive for the coronavirus and believes she fought off the symptoms by drinking the infusion of bitter leaves.
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