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Short Communication
COVID-19 pandemic: A pragmatic plan for ayurveda intervention
Sanjeev Rastogi
a
,
*
, Deep Narayan Pandey
b
, Ram Harsh Singh
c
a
Dept of Kaya Chikitsa, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow, 226003, India
b
Department of Environment/Forests, Government of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur, 302005, Rajasthan, India
c
Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
article info
Article history:
Received 30 March 2020
Received in revised form
16 April 2020
Accepted 18 April 2020
Available online xxx
Keywords:
COVID-19
Pandemic
SARS-CoV-2
Traditional Medicine
Ayurveda
TCM
abstract
World community is facing an unprecedented pandemic of novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) caused
by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV- 2). The disease has spread globally
with more than 1.43 million confirmed cases and 82,100 deaths as of April 8, 2020. Despite worldwide
efforts to contain it, the pandemic is continuing to spread for want of a clinically-proven prophylaxis and
therapeutic strategy. The dimensions of pandemic require an urgent harnessing of all knowledge systems
available globally. Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Wuhan to treat COVID-19 cases sets the
example demonstrating that traditional health care can contribute to treatment of these patients suc-
cessfully. Drawing on the Ayurveda classics, contemporary scientific studies, and experiential knowledge
on similar clinical settings, here we propose a pragmatic plan for intervention in India. We provide a plan
for graded response, depending on the stage of infection among individuals, in a population. Notwith-
standing the fact that no system of medicine has any evidence-based treatment for COVID-19 as yet,
clinical interventions are required to be put in place. Therefore, pragmatic strategy proposed here for
Ayurveda system of medicine requires immediate implementation. It will facilitate learning, generate
evidence and shall be a way forward.
©2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Institute of Transdisciplinary Health Sciences
and Technology and World Ayurveda Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND
license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
disease among individuals in a population. Notwithstanding the
fact that no system of medicine has any evidence-based treatment
for COVID-19 as yet, clinical interventions are being done world-
wide. Similar strategy is required to be implemented by Ayurveda
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