Hong Kong doctors developed a treatment with ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc's anti-viral drug ribavirin and steroids that officials claim is 95 percent effective if administered soon after exposure to the disease, called severe acute respiratory syndrome.
While Chinese traditional medicine also doesn't claim to have found a cure, there are many products designed to increase the body's resistance.
Beijing Tongrentang Group, one of China's oldest medicine makers, introduced a HK$27 remedy made of eight herbs, which it says help prevent flu and pneumonia.
"It sells well," said Li Yanhua, a sales representative at Tongrentang's store in Hong Kong's Central district.
"Some people ordered a dozen bags at a time. It will not cure the disease, but helps build up the body's immune system."
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