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Upon hearing four additional charges yesterday morning, Sorawan announced that she had done nothing wrong. The charges she faces are: unauthorised advertising of medical products via radio and television; advertising products as a cure that is prohibited by the 1967 Drug Act; running a medical facility without permission; and practising medicine without licence or permission.

In response to the charges, Sorawan said she had stopped producing Nam Maha Bambat and had instead started manufacturing bio-fertilisers, rat poison and chemicals to unclog drains. She added that this was part of her campaign against global warming.

She also said that she would be responsible for any damages, especially if people can prove they are actually affected. She said she would refuse to allow anyone to bully her.

Sorawan also said that her "Super Cheng" cable TV show would continue being aired though it would not carry any commercials about the controversial products. She insisted that she was strong and certainly not stressed out about the charges.

Meanwhile, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit told a press conference that Auntie Cheng's Nam Maha Bambat was highly acidic, had no medical value and was contaminated with clostridium perfringens bacteria that can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea as well as gangrene.

In addition, her Nam Jiaranaipetch eye-drop, which is supposed to be a 100-per-cent clean and have the perfect pH balance, was also found to be highly acidic, with no medial value and was also contaminated with clostridium perfringens, bacillus pumilus as well as fungi, Jurin said.

"If it is applied to the eye, it would be like using acid or vinegar, leading to eye infection or blindness," he said, adding that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would submit its lab results to the police investigating team.

FDA chief Pipat Yingseri said his office had been keeping an eye on Auntie Cheng since she started selling the EM bio-fermented liquid and later began selling a new and more popular formula in December. The FDA then launched an investigation into her products after it received seven or eight complaints.

Pipat added that the FDA was looking into several other liquids that can allegedly cure illnesses and confirmed that the only FDA-approved formula was the sterilised fermented noni juice that has been registered by 12 producers.