When there is an epidemic, rumours proliferate about protective nostrums. Various tropical islands and even Manhattan changed hands due to wars and treaties involving nutmeg, which was promoted in Europe as a protection against bubonic plague. Suddenly, in 2020, the price of turmeric increased in South Asia and Indonesia because of the coronavirus pandemic (CNA News, 2020; India Times, 2020).

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酒精和COVID-19。

当发生流行病时，关于保护性鼻孔的谣言激增。由于涉及肉豆蔻的战争和条约，许多热带岛屿甚至曼哈顿易手，在欧洲推广这种肉豆蔻是为了预防鼠疫。突然之间，由于冠状病毒大流行，2020年南亚和印度尼西亚的姜黄价格上涨（CNA新闻，2020；印度时报，2020）。