A Realistic Management approach for COVID-19 Pandemic with Ayurveda Perspective

Bijendra Shah; Bishun D. Patel; P. Bhatta; Raj K. Sah; S. M. Prasad; D. B. Roka

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

A Realistic Management approach for COVID-19 Pandemic with Ayurveda Perspective

Bijendra Shah, Bishun D. Patel, P. Bhatta, Raj K. Sah, S. M. Prasad, D. B. Roka

Abstract :

A Novel Coronavirus known as 2019–nCoV was emerged in Wuhan, City of Hubei province, China, at the end of December, 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the novel Corona Virus (COVID–19) as a worldwide pandemic. Coronavirus is one of the major pathogens that primarily targets the human respiratory system. This pandemic crisis ings us to the need of the hour for its preventive, curative aspects and managing complications related to the current situation. Previous outeaks of coronaviruses (CoVs) include the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)–CoV in 2003 and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)–CoV in 2012 which have been previously characterized as the agents that have a great public health threat. In late December 2019, a cluster of patients were admitted to hospitals with complains of symptoms like fever, cough, and fatigue, while other symptoms include sputum production, headache, haemoptysis, diarrhoea, dyspnoea, and lymphopenia, and initially diagnosed pneumonia. After RNA extraction, it was identified as Corona virus. An initial diagnosis of pneumonia of an unknown etiology. In Ayurveda literatures, it can be correlated to Kapa–vataj with association of Pita; and ultimately it diagnosed as Sannipataj Jwara symptomatically. On the basis of the diagnosis, Ayurveda Protocol, based on Ayurvedic literatures and scientific publications for preventive health measures and boosting immunity with special reference to respiratory health in Ayurveda. This study suggests Ayurvedic protocol for the curative management for COVID–19 pandemic