New Delhi: A team of doctors from Delhi-based All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) under the Union Ayush Ministry has found that ayurvedic intervention incorporating immunity enhancers like Fifatrol herbal drugs in mild-to-moderate case of Covid-19 infection can give positive results in a very short period with complete regression of the symptoms.
Presently, there is no specific cure for the disease that has infected over 44.7 million people and claimed 1.17 million lives worldover.
Citing the case of a 30- year- old male health worker infected with coronavirus, they said his infection was managed with Samshamana therapy that included oral administration of Ayush kwatha, Sanshamani vati, Fifatrol tablets, and Laxmivilasa rasa.
Herbal drugs like Fifatrol developed by Delhi-based AIMIL Pharmaceutical is natural antibiotic to fight infection, flu, and cold. It has immunity strengthening herbs like guduchi, sanjeevini ghanvati, daruharidra, apamarga, chirayata, karanja, kutaki, tulsi, godanti (bhasam), mrtyunjaya rasa, tribhuvana kriti rasa and sanjivani vati.
The patient recovered well and was discharged within six days after he was found Covid-19 negative, as per case report published in the Journal of Ayurved Case Report, a quarterly publication of the AIIA.
Lead author of the report, Dr Sishir Kumar Mandal from the AIIA explained that Covid-19 can be correlated to Agantuja jwara with special reference to Vata‑kapha dominant Sannipatika jwara, further manifested as the consequence of Janapadodhwamsa.
He further said that the present case study proves efficacy of Ayurveda interventions in mild-to-moderate case of Covid-19 infection in a very short period with complete regression of the symptoms.
“The treatment was personalized, holistic, and purely based on Ayurvedic principles, and no conventional medicines were used. With this case study, it can be inferred that Ayurveda has vast potential to address the Covid-19 and such other pandemics; a large sample-sized, multicenter randomized and controlled clinical studies are the need of the hour,” said the report.
