Hyderabad: Although COVID-19 vaccination is in full swing, the pandemic is still affecting a large population, seriously affecting the country’s economic and social structure. There are many who recommend typing Unani, Ayurveda and other Indian medicine, which is the ancient alternative medical system of India.
Although positive cases in India are starting to decline, most people are wondering how they can protect themselves from contracts coronavirus.
Siasat het Dr. MA Waheed, former director of the Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine and member of the Board of Governors, the Central Council of Indian Medicine, who developed a medical inhalation therapy to treat initial cases of COVID-19 with simple home ingredients and an easily available Unani remedy.
The drug is a combination of drugs for the use of decongestant, anti-inflammatory immune modulators. Once these drugs are combined and converted into steam and inhaled, it can prevent the virus from causing major damage to lungs.
How did he start this therapy? Dr. Waheed said he came up with a process based on the clinical experience. He claimed that even COVID-19 patients are benefited by the therapy.
As coronavirus usually goes into the lungs, the inhalation therapy focuses on lower airways. The therapy included the use of steam with natural ingredients and a unani medicine called Triyake Azam, which is available in any unani store. .
Initially, simple natural ingredients such as Kalonji (nagella sativa seeds), Methi dana (fenugreek seeds) Darchini (cinnamon), Adrak (ginger), mint leaves, black peppercorns and Triyake Azam, which is a combination of three ingredients namely sette podina, sette kafoor and sette ajwaeen, was boiled in a pressure cooker and the steam asked to be inhaled.
Inhalation machine can be installed in religious and public places
After realizing its benefits, Siasat Daily asked dr. Waheed asked to come up with a project that will have multi-level inhalation so that more people can inhale at the same time. This inhalation machine can be installed at temples, dargahs, mosques, churches and public places where people can steam freely.
Soon, Syeed Kaleem Ahmed, a manufacturer, devised a solution using MS pipe that had four points for inhalation. This pipe is connected to a nylon pipe from one end to the pipe and the other end is connected on the whistle to a pressure cooker. This MS pipe is placed horizontally and from the point steam is released and people can also take it easily.
Siasat and Faiz-e-Aam Trust have decided to distribute 100 kits.
Ingredients used in therapy
Dr. Waheed said that the same ingredients, viz. 4 teaspoons kalonji, 4 teaspoons methi dana, 10-15 cloves, 10-15 black peppercorns, small bunch of mint leaves, 50-100 grams of ginger, small piece of dalchini, adrak around 50 grams and podina leaves are boiled in one liter of water and it can be taken as a decoction. In steam therapy, the same ingredients are used in conjunction with the one-time medicine Triyak E Azam.
Asked if any trials or studies are being done to determine its effectiveness, he said clinical evidence is the patient’s recovery. Most of these patients were not monitored in any hospital and were treated at home. There was good feedback from patients and the reduction of symptoms besides the improvement of the oxygen level was good enough to see the progress
However, he warned people not to take excess decoctions. In normal cases, two to three cups of decoction can be taken during a day. While in cases of COVID-19, it can be done 4 to 5 times and steam inhalation can be done three times. This therapy claims he builds immunity, reduces inflammation.
He says Indian traditional methods play a crucial role in supplementing preventative measures provided for in the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The current understanding of COVID-19 indicates that a good immune status is essential for prevention and to protect against disease progression. ”
Source: The Siasat Daily