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Epidemics have not been new to India Ayurveda being in the fore front of health care of those times, has recorded its valuable experiences of epidemics &termed them as Janapadodhwamsa or Maraka It has vividly described their mechanism of Causation (Nidana), factors affecting severity and actions complicating illnesses their management and prevention The present work uses the same model described in Samhitas which assert the superiority of host susceptibility (Nija) over External Agent/Virus (Agantuja) and uses the same principles in prevention;while adopting the Jwara model to explain and correlate with different stages of COVID – 19 It proposes management guidelines using Ahara (Nutritional Principles) and Oushadha (Medication) for different stages and subsets of patients along with their potential complications and drug interactions, utilizing the principles of host factor modification (Dosha hara) and potential broad spectrum Anti-viral (Prativisha)as envisaged by Rasa Shastra
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Understanding COVID - 19 pandemic – A comprehensive ayurvedic perspective
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