Ayurvedic Management of asymptomatic & mild symptomatic covid 19 patients - A clinical and laboratory assesment

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is a global health crisis with a potential to produce a damage at social, economic, and political level. At present there is no approved treatment for Covid19. But the disease was highly contagious that it was transmitted to vast number of people in our country. Several studies have documented infection in patients who never developed the symptoms (Asymptomatic). Since the Asymptomatic persons are not routinely tested their prevalence to spread the infection seems to be more. Clinical laboratory finding in patients of severe Covid 19 positive suggest an immunopathology.Ayurveda mentioned about the epidemics/pandemic’s diseases under the concept of Janapadhodwamsa and infectious diseases under Sankramikaroga. Ayurvedic medicine has its own evidence in treating such infectious diseases of various causes since ages. This project is aimed to prove the efficacy of Ayurvedic management in treating the Positive Asymptomatic and mild cases of Covid19 clinically as well as in laboratory parameters.

In this study, Total 60 patients of 18-60 yrs of age, clinically diagnosed with COVID-19 by RT-PCR test who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms were selected and randomly divided in 2 groups having 30 patients each. Group I (30 Patients) will receive Ayurveda intervention. Group II (30 Patients) will receive standard treatment for COVID-19 infection as per TN Government guidelines. Assessment of effects of the therapy will be done on the basis of various subjective and objective criteria. After completion of the trial, data will be analyzed using appropriate statistical tests and the result will be documented.