No Ayush cure for COVID-19

The State authorities has barred certified Ayush medical doctors from inserting ads and prescribing medicine to cure COVID-19. This is, nevertheless, not relevant to the medicines recommended as ‘immunity boosters’ by the Union authorities.

In an order on October 20, the Secretary, Ayush, stated that the course was consistent with the judgment of the Kerala High Court, which stated on August 21 that Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy medicines can be utilized solely as immunity boosters and that they can’t be prescribed as a cure for the an infection.

The court docket order was primarily based on a petition which claimed that the State authorities was not permitting homoeopathy and different AYUSH branches of medication for use within the battle in opposition to the pandemic. The protocol right here permits solely authorities or these authorised by the federal government to deal with the contaminated individuals, their contacts, or these underneath quarantine.

The Union AYUSH Ministry has recommended consumption of Chyavanprash, natural tea / decoction (kadha) comprised of tulsi (basil leaves), dalchini (cinnamon), kalimirch (black pepper), shunthi (dry ginger) and munakka (raisin) other than golden milk or half tea spoon turmeric powder in 150 ml sizzling milk as immunity boosters.

The State authorities right here additionally permits Arsenicum Album 30C homoeopathic drug as a prophylactic or a preventive drug, which has been opposed by medical doctors practising fashionable medicines and the associations representing them.

Health Minister K.K. Shylaja incurred the wrath of the Indian Medical Association when she purportedly endorsed the above homeopathic drug as an efficient possibility in opposition to COVID-19. The Minister later clarified that she was solely referring to a research by a District Medical Officer (Homoeopathy).

Any violation of the AYUSH secretary’s order would invite motion underneath the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The Health Department and the police have been directed to watch the actions of Ayush practitioners, the order provides.