The Maharashtra government on Wednesday passed a resolution and also formed an AYUSH task force to see into the approaches for using therapies prescribed by doctors of Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Unani practitioners due to an urgent need to control the increasing number of cases. Thus, very soon, Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Unani medicines would be used to improve immunity against COVID-19 and also used for treating asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients in Maharashtra.

Dr T Lahane, head of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, who is also heading the AYUSH task force of the state, said that they have formed a task force of AYUSH experts to discuss the mode of treatment. Once they get clarity on the line of treatment, they will move forward for a plan that will manage prevention and also cure.

Other members of the task force include Dr Jaswant Patil, an allopath pulmonologist and homeopath; Dr Jawahar Shah, a homeopath, Ayurveda practitioners Dr Harish Singh and Dr Uday Kulkarni, and Unani practitioner Dr Zubair Sheikh.

The GR said that COVID-19 has created devastation and it is very important to increase peoples immunity. Also, in people who are asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic are being treated using treatment prescribed by AYUSH doctors in various states like Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Goa very successfully. The state has also received informations from AYUSH in the form of advisories.

Source: ET Healthworld