Ruth Alvarez prepares a tea made of passion fruit, ginger and lemon grass picks for her father who has been diagnosed with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the low-income community Monte Sinai, in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos 

A man holds a placard that reads "Citizen Health Minister: You say that Zika is cured with lemon grass. What is recommended for cancer?" during a protest due to the lack of medicines in Caracas, April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Two Palestinians take food left by international peace activists at the
door of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, April 29, 2002. Those who
venture to the well for water risk Israeli sniper fire. Militants with
bullets lodged in their legs spend nights screaming in pain.

Food consists of old lemon peel and grass. That's life in Bethlehem's
besieged Church of the Nativity, said a militant high on the wanted
list of Israeli troops who have surrounded the shrine in a 26-day-old
standoff. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic 

Two Palestinians make a grab for food left by international peace
activists at the door of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, April 29,
2002. Those who venture to the well for water risk Israeli sniper fire.
Militants with bullets lodged in their legs spend nights screaming in
pain.

Food consists of old lemon peel and grass. That's life in Bethlehem's
besieged Church of the Nativity, said a militant high on the wanted
list of Israeli troops who have surrounded the shrine in a 26-day-old
standoff. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic