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Ayurveda does not focus on the virus, but on the person, the host: Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya


By Bharat Upadhyay New Delhi: As alternative medicine gains popularity in the wake of COVID-19, the age-old Indian system of Ayurveda can don the role of quiet yet powerful armed forces in the fight against the coronavirus, according to Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya. She is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine from New York’s Weill Cornell Medical...

Earth’s Medicines, for Children of the Earth


By Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya MPH MD (Family Medicine), PhD (Ayurveda‑BHU) In this pandemic, tens of thousands of people are choosing to engage in the preventive protocol of AYUSH. If they don’t get sick, does it mean they were never going to get sick, or that they were lucky? Could it be that oil in the nose,...

Tips from Wall St Journal on boosting your immune system


It’s crucial to stay healthy as the threat of coronavirus spreads. Here are the best strategies, suggests Sumathi Reddy, writing for ‘Your Health’ column in WSJ’s Personal Journal. As the world scrambles to find a cure for Covid-19, health experts, particularly in India and specifically practitioners of systems like ayurveda, have suggested boosting the body’s...

Indian Ministry of AYUSH’s immunity boosting tips


Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation on Tuesday has advised following the guidelines from the Ministry of AYUSH to help everyone build their immunity and fight against the pandemic. Those guidelines find their roots in Ayurveda. It has been advised to incorporate these everyday practices to your daily routine for the...

Managing Covid symptoms at home


By Dr Sabu Varghese, M.D. All Covid-19 patients need a very systematic approach to their symptoms, that will make a lot of difference particularly preventing the responses of cytokines (a category of signaling molecules that mediate and regulate immunity).            Rest and relax, do not panic. Take a calm and collective approach.  Even in isolation,...

Coping with Coronavirus through humor


by Mahendra Shah Most of my admirers  enjoy my creations thru cartoons infused with satire, humor, and message in a non-offensive way, along with other mediums. However, during this grim Coronavirus period, some people might say, “This is not a time for laughter.” We are getting hundreds of thoughts a day and many of them might be...

Keep a check on your behavioral changes during the pandemic


The outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19 has created a stressful environment for all leading to worldwide psychological chaos. These fears and anxiety about the disease cause strong emotions in adults and children. Dr Anju Sharma, psychiatrist and founder of the Musical Healing Band named "Sound of Infinity", shares a few tips to cope: Out of comfort...

WHO global trial looks at 4 most promising COVID-19 drugs


At a time when nearly 70 drugs and experimental cocktails are being examined to treat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the WHO has announced a global trial called ''SOLIDARITY” to find out if any drug can actually treat infections with the new coronavirus. The trial, which could include many thousands of patients in dozens of countries,...

The why of ancestral wisdom to prevent COVID-19

Post Date: March 24, 2020

by Bhaswati Bhattacharya, MPH, MD, Clinical Asst Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York and Fulbright Specialist in Global Public Health specializing in Integrative Medicine-Ayurveda 2018-2021 Ancient Ayurvedic wisdom offers care for 4 phases of care of infectious microbes: preventive, cautionary, mildly symptomatic, and moderately symptomatic. Unfortunately, the Ayurvedic Indian community of vaidyas...