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:

  • Febbre
  • Dry cough
  • Tiredness

Less common symptoms include:

  • Aches and pains
  • Sore throat
  • Diarrea
  • Congiuntivite
  • Mal di testa
  • 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
Difficoltà di respirazione swasa Kaphaja
Vomito 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
  • Riposo adeguato
  • Intake of water boiled with coriander and dried ginger

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COVID 19

  • Evitare gli alimenti che producono uno squilibrio dosha, come i cibi freddi e secchi, difficili da digerire. Perché lo squilibrio dosha aggrava i sintomi.
  • Consumare alimenti facilmente digeribili
  • 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

 

Il paziente deve essere seduto in posizione meditativa con la testa e la colonna vertebrale erette e il corpo rilassato. Il paziente deve chiudere una narice (ad esempio la sinistra se si usa la mano destra e viceversa) con il pollice ed espirare completamente attraverso l'altra narice. Di nuovo, dovrà inspirare profondamente attraverso l'altra narice mentre la narice opposta è ancora chiusa con il pollice.

 

  • 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 e Chitrakadi vati and a combination of Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia), Shunthi (Zingiber officinale)e 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