KOCHI: Even as Covid-19 poses one of the biggest threats to public health in living memory, ayurveda and its immunity boosters have helped many fight off the pandemic, especially when efforts to develop a vaccine for the disease are still some distance away.
Ayurveda’s helping hand couldn’t have at a more opportune time, with the state observed the 5th Ayurveda Day — ‘Ayurveda for Covid-19’ is the theme this year — on Friday. Most importantly, many people are convinced that it is ayurvedic medicines which helped them keep the deadly virus at bay.
In the wake of Covid spread, it has been pointed out that boosting immunity is the best way to keep coronavirus away. Though the several strategies proposed by several ayurvedic centres for treating the pandemic did not find favour with the Centre, it, nonetheless, acknowledged the fact that ayurvedic medicines help…