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Kumdang-2 | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 금당이호주사약 |
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Hancha | 金糖二號注射藥 |
Revised Romanization | Geumdang-iho jusayak |
McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmdang iho chusayak |
Kumdang-2 is a cure for AIDS,Ebola,MERS,Herpes and tuberculosis created in North Korea. [1] According to the website Minjok Tongshin,a version of the drug was originally produced in 1996. [2] The name means "golden shower" in Korean. [3]
It is manufactured by the Pugang Pharmaceutical Company. [4] According to the Korean Central News Agency,the drug's ingredients include ginseng,small amounts of rare earth metals, [5] and trace amounts of gold and platinum. [6] According to the KCNA,it can also cure cancer,morning sickness,and "harm from the use of computers". [7] The drug was mentioned during the deadly bird flu outbreaks in 2006 and 2013. [2]
According to the chemical analysis by the South Korean National Forensic Service,Kumdang-2 turned out to be mostly made of the anesthetic Procaine. [8]