The principal action of Ionophoric Zn™ is to stop the coronavirus from replicating once it has entered the cell. It does this by introducing zinc (found in Elitaria cardamomum) through the cell membrane via the ionophoric action of Camellia sinensis, Cinchona officinalis and Taraxacum officinale. The mechanism for viral infection is one of ingress through the cell membrane into the cell’s cytoplasm, where the virus RNA replicase hi-jacks the cells protein production process to reproduce its own RNA. It has been demonstrated that RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), a replicase, can be stopped by the introduction of Zn2+. However, Zn2+ cannot freely penetrate the cell membrane on its own. Subsequently, it was discovered that ionophores will bind with Zn2+ and escort the zinc through the cell membrane where it can stop the virus replicase from reproducing.