Chinese treatments for SARS (Independent, 27 April 2003)

• Apparently, boiling vinegar and eating whole cloves of garlic will fight off the virus.
• Turnips turned out to be the key ingredient in one SARS fighting potion.
• Another recipe for fighting SARS contained carrots, leeks and ginger.
• And finally, an official health paper is reported to have recommended dead silkworms and cicada skins.

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