A team of doctors from the Delhi-based All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) under the AYUSH Ministry has found that Ayurvedic treatments such as Ayush kwatha and Fifatrol tablets can be successful with "complete regression of symptoms" in the treatment of mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 infection within a "very short period."
According to a case report published in the AIIA journal "Ayurved Case Report" in October, the use of four Ayurveda interventions — Ayush kwatha, Sanshamanivati, Fifatrol tablets and Laxmivilasa rasa not only improved the condition of the patient with COVID-19 but also made the rapid antigen test negative within six days of treatment.
There is currently no specific treatment for the disease that has infected more than 44.7 million people around the world and taken 1.17 million lives.
In the report, citing the case of a 30-year-old male health worker infected with coronavirus, his infection was handled by Samshamana therapy, which included oral administration of Ayush kwatha, Sanshamani vati, tablets of Fifatrol, and Laxmivilasa rasa.
Home quarantine was prescribed to the patient, a resident of Delhi, after testing positive for COVID-19. He reported primarily mild infection symptoms, and the management method was customised and holistic in nature, including diet , lifestyle, and Samshamana aushadha (pacifying treatment) along with Satvavajaya chikitsa (psychotherapy).
The above treatment plan was successful for symptomatic relief (fever, dyspnea, anorexia, fatigue, anosmia and dysgeusia) as well as for viral load resolution, as the patient tested negative for COVID-19 RAD within six days of intervention and RT-PCR on day 16, which was also confirmed to be negative for COVID-19 RAD.
AIMIL Pharmaceutical's herbal medicine Fifatrol helps combat infection, flu and colds. Herbs such as guduchi, sanjeevini ghanvati, daruharidra, apamarga, chirayata, karanja, kutaki, tulsi, godanti (bhasam), mrityunjaya rasa, tribhuvana kriti rasa, and sanjivani vati reinforce immunity. In every Indian kitchen, Ayush Kwatha is a combination of four medicinal herbs widely used-basil leaves (tulsi), cinnamon bark (dalchini), Zingiber officinale (sunthi), and krishna marich (Piper nigrum).
Sanshamani Vati is an ayurvedic herbal formulation used for all kinds of fevers (also called guduchi ghana vati).
"The present case study proved the efficacy of Ayurveda interventions in mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 infection with complete regression of symptoms over a very short period of time," the report reported.