Consumption of natural products and its effects on Covid-19, Barranca district [Consumo de productos naturales y sus efectos en la Covid-19, distrito de Barranca]

Abstract

The objective was to determine the consumption of natural products and its effects on Covid-19, in the district of Barranca. Data was collected on people of legal age, who said they had had symptoms of Covid-19, than having consumed natural products. The information collection process was from September 2020 to January 2021, in a total of 200 people per month of both sexes, who voluntarily agreed to participate in the research. For which, instruments such as the survey on the consumption of natural products and how many alleviated the symptoms were used. Once the data were obtained, they were processed with basic statistics, correlation analysis and analysis of variance. The results determined that in January the consumption of matico, eucalyptus, scorzonera and huamanripa increased 16, 14 and 13 persons respectively, consumption of ginger, garlic and tocosh 32, 45 and 36 persons respectively, consumption of bee honey 88 persons, in percentage of natural products consumption increased to 77% and the percentage of persons who "alleviated symptoms" to 83%. Regarding the correlation of the consumption of natural products with people who alleviated symptoms where the average r = 0.98, which indicates a high association. It is concluded that the consumption of natural products had significance to alleviate the symptoms.