Can chamomile tea help fight the Coronavirus?

Can chamomile tea help fight the Coronavirus?
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Maybe but unproven. Extracts of a closely-related plant 'Anthemis Hyalina' were found to reduce levels of coronavirus to undetectable levels when added to cell cultures in the laboratory in a study published in 2014 (…. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933739/). The mode of action was thought to be related to something called 'Transient Receptor Potential (TRP)' proteins, found on the surface of many of the body's cells and involved amongst other things in detecting certain tastes. Interestingly one theory about the antiviral mode of action of quinine (closely related to hydroxychloroquine, a drug being trialed against Covid-19) is that it's bitter taste also affects TRP proteins in a manner that has an adverse effect on microbes. It's all very speculative, however.
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