Patients carrying hepatitis B virus (HbV) need not despair anymore. Doctors in Nepal have claimed that a herbal preparation Jaundicatrin has been successfully tested against jaundice caused by HbV and the hepatitis B surface antigen (HbSAg). The team conducted the tests on 23 patients with HbV and HbSAg carriers of which all except one became tested negative for HbSAg after the drug was administered to them within a period of 12 to 15 days. In recent years, HbV has claimed countless lives in India and Nepal.