Role of turmeric with Calcium Hydroxide in Combination in Prophylaxis & Therapeutic Management of SARs Cov2 Covid-19 Corona Virus

Abstract

Despite of worldwide efforts, the covid-19 coronavirus SARs CoV2 pandemic is continuing. At present there is no medicine, vaccine which has evidence so there is utmost need of clinical intervention by the oldest traditional health science that is Ayurveda. In Ayurveda text ‘Acharya charak’ has described in ‘vimansthan’ in ‘janpadodhawasan chapter’ mentioned about epidemic disease and its management SARs CoV2 can be correlated with the disease ‘tiwra Pinas’ which is ‘vata-kapha sannipataj jwara’ which has similar symptoms like SARs CoV2. Ayurvedic herbal medicines advised in this disease are aagneya in Guna most of the herbs are antiviral, antioxidants and immunity modulators which may help in preventive and therapeutic aspects. The immunity modulators are helpful in boosting immunity which helps in forming antibodies against virus overall it may help to reduce mortality rate. In covid-19 there may be disseminated intravascular coagulation that is thrombosis .The affected parts are lungs and terminally cardiac arrest, stroke and many other thrombo-embolic diseases may occur. In this condition there is a role of turmeric with calcium hydroxide in combination may act as antiviral, antioxidant, anticoagulant & immunity modulator which works in breathlessness and reduces mucus & inflammation in respiratory tract as anti-inflammatory effect. The combination reduces viral replication in this condition. With this combination of the turmeric along with calcium hydroxide and immunity booster may play important role in prophylaxis and therapeutic management of SARs CoV2 covid-19 corona virus.