India To Test 4 Ayurvedic Drugs

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India is working on four traditional medicine formulations to treat coronavirus infection and the trials will start soon, the country’s AYUSH minister tweeted. AYUSH or short for ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homeopathy is the country’s traditional medicine ministry.

“The moayush & the CSIR are working together on validating four Ayush formulations against COVID19 Pandemic and the trials will start within one week. These formulations will be tried as an add-on therapy and standard care for COVID-19 patients,” Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Y Naik tweeted.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research or CSIR, with which the AYUSH Ministry is working to conduct the traditional medicine trials, is one of the largest and most diversified publicly funded scientific and industrial research organisations in the world.