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A list of dietary supplements that could stop your immune system from working as well as it could has been published by the French government, as the Covid-19 crisis continues to intensify.

The list comes from health and food safety agency l鈥橝gence nationale de s茅curit茅 sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (Anses), and has been published on government website .

The dietary supplements listed are described as 鈥減ossibly containing plants that could disrupt the body鈥檚 natural defence system against infections, such as Covid-19鈥�.

Several plants have been identified as possible interfering with the body鈥檚 immune response.

They are:

Plants containing sources of salicylic acid (similar to aspirin):

• White willow bark
• Meadowsweet
• Birch
• Poplar
• Goldenrod
• Polygala tenuifolia

Plant-based anti-inflammatories

• Harpagophytum procumbens (Devil's Claw)
• Echinacea
• Turmeric
• Liquorice
• Cat's claw
• Plants of the Boswellia and Commiphora family (sometimes known as 鈥渋ncense鈥� and 鈥渕yrrh鈥�).

Anses recommends that:

• Anyone taking these dietary supplements as a preventative measure should stop eating or taking them immediately as soon as they experience symptoms of Covid-19
• Anyone taking them as part of a treatment plan for chronic inflammatory conditions should speak with their doctor as soon as possible, to check if they should continue consuming them or not

Anses also reminded doctors and health professionals to be alert to any possible side effects of dietary supplements and to signal any significant reports or issues to Anses via its .

Medication safety agency l'Agence nationale de s茅curit茅 du m茅dicament et des produits de sant茅 (ANSM) has already put safeguards in place to stop people self-medicating using existing paracetamol-based or anti-inflammatory, non-steroidal drugs, such as limiting their sale in pharmacies.

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