COVID-19 AND AYURVEDA
Tanvi Nagpal*, Swapnil Saini, Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava, Rajesh Manglesh and Dalip Sharma
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda is the “The Science of Life”. It is the oldest traditional system of medicine .Ayurveda lay emphasis on prevention and encourages the maintenance of health of an individual through balanced diet, lifestyle, positive attitude and the use of herbs .Ayurveda has the remedy or cure for those diseases also where ever other stream of medicine fails. losZ jksx% vfi eUnkfXu ewya –means that the root cause of all the diseases is Mandagni. Agnivishmata cause disturbances in the metabolism thus weaken the immune system of the body. As a result of this person gets prone to various infections. Now, in the present scenario Covid-19 is spreading like wildfire across the world. The first cases were seen in Wuhan, China in late December 2019 before spreading globally.Covid-19 outbreak was declared as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. In the present era, bad food habits, sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise and over stress is the main cause of the spread and virulence this deadly disease. It is because of today’s lifestyle only that person’s immune system is so low that he gets easily infected by microorganisms. Ayurveda is ancient in origin but its concept like Aupasargika Roga (communicable diseases) and Janpadodhavansa (epidemics) still holds importance in the present era.
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