ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Could Ayurvedic Treatments Cure Covid-19?
Covid-19 or the Coronavirus disease 2019, which is caused by the Sars-CoV-2 virus has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of 2020. The condition has been declared a pandemic, and it is surprising at all the scientists are looking for every possible treatment and vaccines for the virus. Amidst them all, an ayurvedic medicine has been approved for clinical trials on the patients in India because of its effective results. This specific ayurveda medication was developed by one of the leading Ayurvedic centres in Kerala, the Pankajakasthuri Herbal Research Foundation. The clinical trials for this treatment option have been approved by the CTRI which is the Clinical trials Registry of India. It works under ICMR for approval of clinical trials. “This drug, which is effective against Respiratory infections, Viral Fever, Acute Viral Bronchitis has now been found to be effective against WWW.HEALTHSPECTRA.COM | MAY 2020
the Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza virus in the scientific studies conducted,” the company said. The in-vitro experiments with the drug have been conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology which has found that the drug doesn’t impose any kind of side effects on the body of the humans. With the positive results, the drug was then further approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee for further clinical trials. The centres have provided the drug
to be conducted with the randomised single blinded placebo controlled clinical trial through various medical colleges in the country.
Will it be effective? The efficacy of the Ayurvedic treatments does come off as a farce to some people, thinking that it doesn’t have any possible impacts in the long run. With the kind of positive results that this drug has showcased, it is possible that this could be the deal breaker that every person has been waiting for 58
