Coping with Covid 19 Through Ayurvedic Perspectives

This is very unfortunate that this world is going through a massive peril due to COVID 19 pandemic. The disease was originated at the end of 2019 but its impact is going on till 2022. This pandemic situation was new for the doctors, scientists and the दि government. The pandemic affected badly on the medical, educational as well as the economical condition of our country. Re current mutation of COVID 19 virus was the greatest challenge to combat with the disease. Howsoever, we are in comparatively better situation by the utmost positive effort done by team work of medical and administrative department. During writing the book, "Coping with COVID19 through Ayurvedic perspectives" we are going through third wave of COVID 19. Corona virus af fected human life badly during these 2 years. Initially there was not any particular information about the virus and the causing disease, but gradually after many researches we came to know about the virus and the disease presentation. Still the symptom based treatment is advised by the various guidelines and proto col, but the journey of COVID 19 pandemic of almost couple of years reveals that the" immunity" of an individual has the great est role from fighting the disease.

Ayurveda is the science which bestows quality of life to human beings. Ayurvedic management has been proved beneficial for various diseases. Concept of pandemic is very well described with thorough management in terms of "Janpado dvamsan". Ayurveda, not only provides relief from the disease but also facilitates the way of maintaining good health so that further our body can develop immunity from the particular situ ation. Here, in this book, the disease COVID 19 has been ex plained in terms of Ayurveda and all the possible management of corona virus disease is discussed step by step. As all we know that in this present situation the impact of the disease is going badly worldwide. Every day there is something new about the disease, so sincere effort has been made for maintaining the new updates. Yet this is obvious that after publication of the book there may be some new data about the pandemic situa tion. Concerning the management of the disease all dimensions are tried to be covered under Ayurvedic themes. The motto of this book is to represent the understanding of the disease easily with respect to Ayurveda, as our Acharyas has stated that fun damentals of Chiktikso, the treatment comes from the concept of Samprapti Vighatan. So keeping this theory in mind, Ayurvedic management of COVID 19 is tried to be explained thoroughly. But still there may be some lacuna, so any sort of advices, cor rections or editions are cordially invited by the readers for the betterment of the book and for the profoundness and critical thinking regarding COVID 19 disease. hope that the book may proof beneficial for every individual.

The world has just witnessed pandemic called Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by SARS COV-2 virus. It has caused a great loss of life, inflicted pain, and recession to the public. It affected large part of population but people with disease, Diabetes, Cancer etc. were more vulnerable. The disease was recent in origin and at start there were no treatment available. This lead to great panic among general population and health care sec tor as well. Treatment protocols were changed from time to time after finding out that drugs earlier used were not efficacious. This created vacuum which was filled magnificently by Ayurveda. The cause of contagious disease mentioned by Acharya Susruta in Su Ni. 5/52.'' it became the cornerstone in prevention of disease by emphasizing on social distancing, use of mask and regular hygiene maintenance. Emphasis on immunity boosting measures like Ayush Kwath (Basil leaves/ Tulsi, Cinnamon bark/ Dalchini, Zingiber officinale/sunthi, piper nigrum/Krishna marich),, Chyavanprash, Guduchi and other herbs made Ayurveda a house hold name and belped Ayurveda to reclaim its lost glory. Genera Population understood the importance of pathya ahar & vihar and also started to follow the same. Astang Yoga (including Yama, Niyam, Asana, Pranayama, Dhyan etc.) helped people increase their physical sa well as mental well-be ing which was one of the worst hit entity in COVID-19 pandemic as people were witnessing loss of life of their near and dear ones and being forced to face Lockdown. The treatment protocol ac cording to Ayurveda also helped to cure mild to moderate COVID-19 disease with help of medicines like Agastya haritki, Ayush-64, Sansmani vati, Ayush kwath, Anu Tail and other Shastrokta medicines. Panchkarma also played its part. In short this was a pandemic for sure but as once Albert Einstein said "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity", the COVID-19 pan demic provided an opportunity and Ayurveda grabbed it to re claim its lost glory.

The present book written by Dr. Bhawana Sharma provides an insight in COVID-19 disease regarding its sign, symptom, pathogenesis and management through Ayurveda covering its याद किया therapeutic and preventive aspect by improving immunity. My में सार्थक प्र best wishes to Dr. Bhawana Sharma for compiling this wonder ful book covering all aspects of COVID-19 including its Ayurvedic management in brief and simple language and hope this book help the Ayurvedic practitioners to win the battle against COVID 19 pandemic.

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