COVID 19 – AYURVEDIC CONCEPT AND TREATMENT

• INTRODUCTION
• COVID 19 – ETIOLOGY
• COVID 19 – SYMPTOMS
• AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF COVID 19
• AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF COVID 19
• HOME REMEDIES FOR COVID 19
• DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COVID 19
• YOGA FOR COVID 19
• RESEARCH PAPERS ON AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF COVID 19

 INTRODUCTION

The new health issue of the world population is the fast-spreading COVID -19 disease. This disease becomes more complicated because of its high virulence rate. In this circumstance, the contemporary medical system is facing challenges to tackle this disease. AYUSH department is trying to emerge with its potential to manage the COVID-19 cases with Ayurveda, siddha, unani and homeopathic system along with the treasures of yoga in preventive as well as curative aspects.

COVID 19 – ETIOLOGY

The disease is caused by the virus called coronavirus and it was named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 due to its high homology to SARS-CoV which caused ARDS and high mortality during 2002-2003. The human to human transmission of this disease led to its outbreak and was declared as a pandemic by WHO. SARS-CoV-2 primarily affects the respiratory system, although other organs are involved.

Coronavirus is single -stranded RNA viruses and are divided into four strains α,β, γ and δ based on their genomic structure.α and β coronavirus affects only mammals. This virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

COVID 19 – SYMPTOMS

The most common symptoms:

• Fever
• Dry cough
• Tiredness

Less common symptoms include:

• Aches and pains
• Sore throat
• Diarrhoea
• Conjunctivitis
• Headache
• Loss of smell or taste
• Rash on skin
• Discolouration of fingers and toes.

When the disease becomes serious:

• Difficulty breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain or pressure
• Loss of speech

 AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF COVID 19

As per AYUSH guidelines, symptomatology of COVID- 19 can be concise under three stages for the sake of Ayurvedic management. In the first stage, jwara along with swasa and kasa are manifested. Vata-kaphapradhana jwara with moderate symptoms included under the second stage. In the final stage, it becomes sannipathika in presentation with severe respiratory distress.

COVID-19 SYMPTOMS	JWARA LAKSHANAS MENTIONED IN AYURVEDA	TYPE OF JWARA
Dry cough	Sushkakasa	Vatika
Aches Pains	Sandeenamsadam, amsapeedanam, bahubhedam etc.	Vatika
Tiredness	Balabramsam	Sannipataja
Rash on skin Discolouration of fingers or toes	Kota syavarakta mandala	Sannipataja
Loss of smell or taste	Virasasyata	Vatika
Shortness of breath Chest pain or pressure	Hridayasyagraha,toda hridvyada	Vatika sannipataja
Breathing difficulty	swasa	Kaphaja
Vomiting	Hrillasam,chardana	kaphaja

 

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF COVID 19

INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION

TABLETS

• Sanjivani vati
• Suryaprabha gulika
• Vettumaran gulika
• Vilwadi gulika
• Sudarsanam gulika
• Swasakutara rasa
• Arogyavardhini vati
• Tribhuvanakeerthi rasa
• Mrityunjaya rasa

 

LIQUID MEDICATIONS

• Amritottaram kashayam
• Dasamoolam katutrayam kashayam
• Guloochyadi kashayam
• Shadanga panam
• Drakshadi Kashayam

HOME REMEDIES FOR COVID 19

• Intake of warm water frequently
• Proper rest
• Intake of water boiled with coriander and dried ginger

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COVID 19

• Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
• Consume easily digestible food items
• Avoid visiting the disease prevalent areas
• Proper sanitation measures to be followed
• Should wear masks when you go outside

 

YOGA FOR COVID 19

• Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind, clears the respiratory passage and gets relief from the complications  associated with COVID 19

 

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

 

• Bhujangasana – immune booster asana
• Shashankasana
• Kapal Bhati
• Ujjayi
• Bhastrika

 

RESEARCH PAPERS ON AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF COVID 19

1. COVID-19 pandemic: A pragmatic plan for ayurveda intervention

• Unexposed asymptomatic, Exposed asymptomatic (quarantined), with moderate to severe
• Specific prophylaxis for the QUARANTINED group may include Sanjeevani vati and Chitrakadi vati and a combination of Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), Shunthi (Zingiber officinale)and Haridra( longa). This choice of medicines is aimed at the maintenance of agni as well as aam pachana to prevent the progression of pathogenesis in its initial sanchaya-prakopa-prasara stage.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177084/

 

Ayurvedic Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Kerala, India and Its Impact on Quarantined Individuals – A Community Case Study

The SARS-CoV-2 infection has resulted in massive loss of valuable human lives, extensive destruction of livelihoods and financial crisis of unprecedented levels across the globe. Kerala, a province in India, like the rest of the country, launched preventive and control measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 early in 2020. The Government of Kerala started 1206 Ayur Raksha Clinics and associated Task Forces across the state in April 2020 to improve the reach and penetration of Ayurvedic preventive, therapeutic and convalescent care strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic. The implementation framework of the strategy was properly designed, and had a decentralized, people-centered, and participatory approach. Kerala has robust public health machinery with adequate human resource and infrastructure in the conventional medicine sector. This community case study examines how the decentralized organizational framework was effectively utilized for facilitating the delivery of Ayurvedic services in the COVID-19 situation. Key observations from the study are: Ayurvedic programs implemented systematically, under an organized framework with social participation enables wider utilization of the services. Such a framework is easily replicable even in resource-poor settings. Rather than a pluralistic approach, an integrative health system approach may be more viable in the Kerala scenario in public health emergencies.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.732523/full

 

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Dr. Rajesh Nair

Licensed Ayurvedic doctor focused on providing individual Ayurvedic consultation services. Specialized in work related stress, Womens’ issues, diabetes, Pecos, arthritis, male and female sexual problems and infertility. Interested in academic work as well. Now working with www.ayurvedaforall.com as senior consultant, Ayurveda.

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