The traditional Indian system of medicine, Siddha, has proved to be effective in the Covid-19 disease management, as 30 patients receiving the treatment have been discharged from Chennai hospitals yesterday. The Siddha formulations based on natural ingredients have been administered to asymptomatic patients.
The Tamil Nadu health department principal secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan has said it has helped in disease management in a great way. Siddha may be one of the several millennia old Indian systems of medicine, but it is helping very effectively in treating one of the newest forms of viruses. About a 100 asymptomatic patients were put on trial with the traditional medicines coupled with simple yoga and pranayama practices. Siddha experts say they have given very encouraging results reducing the viral load and speeding up the process of recovery.
Normally after the mandatory fourteen days of isolation an exit test is not made if the patients continue to be asymptomatic. But just to double check if the people who underwent Siddha treatment are completely free from the treacherous viral load, seven of them were subjected to a swab test. And the results were reassuring. They are free of the viral load. Health Principal Secretary Dr Radhakrishnan has said all Indian systems of medicine would play a complementary role along with allopathy in Covid-19 clinical management. For immunity boosting for the unaffected people and the frontline warriors, the Siddha formulation called “Kabasura Kudineer” has been given for a long time, which has been well received throughout the state. Simply put, though modern clinical methods are the most important and indispensable, old is gold.
