Lok Sabha Question No. 2194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Power of Ayurveda and Yoga
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2194 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  December, 2021

## POWER OF AYURVEDA AND YOGA

## 2194. SHRIARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the people in the country and foreign countries have understood the power of Ayurveda and Yoga during the last two waves of Corona;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  formulating  any  Scheme  to  supply  Ayurvedic medicines to every human being to tackle the third wave of Corona likely to be faced by the country;
- (c) if so, details thereof; and
- (d) names of medicines identified to be useful in tackling Corona?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AYUSH IN THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) AYUSH Sanjivani mobile app has been developed by Ministry of AYUSH and has  documented  the  impact  assessment  of  effectiveness,  acceptance  and usage  of  AYUSH  advisories  &  measures  in  the  prevention  of  COVID-19 through Mobile app base population study in around 1.35 crores respondents and analysis of 7.24 lakh public data revealed that 85.1% of the respondents reported use of AYUSH measures for prevention of COVID-19, among which

89.8%  respondents  agreed  to  have  benefitted  from  the  practice  of  AYUSH advisory.

In  order  to  create  awareness  amongst  the  people  about  the  power  of Ayurveda and other AYUSH systems, the following steps were taken by the Ministry of Ayush:

- Launched a three month campaign on 'Ayush for Immunity' through webinar  and  also  publishing  campaign  bulletin  on  AYUSH  for immunity. More than 50 thousand people participated in the webinar.
- Released Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha preventive measures for self care  during  COVID-19  and  Guidelines  for  Ayush  Practitioners  for COVID-19 Patients in Home Isolation.
- Released  Home  Care  guidelines  for  children  and  Advisory  for AYUSH practitioners about prophylactic care in Children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- (b)&(c) Ministry of Ayush  is  making constant efforts to undertake various measures  to  contain  COVID-19  pandemic.As  a  part  of  'AzadikaAmrit Mahotsava-India@75'celebration, Ministry of Ayush has launched nationwide  activities  for  distribution  of  AyushProphylactic  medicines  for boosting  immunity  in  general  population,  namely  SamshamaniVati  and AshwagandhaVati,  from  30 th August,  2021  and  will  continue  till  15 th August, 2022.
- (d) The  Ministry  of  Ayush  has  issued  the  National  Clinical  Management Protocol based on Ayurveda and Yoga for the management of COVID-19. In  this  protocol,  Ayurvedic  formulations  viz.  Guduchighanvati,  GuduchiPippali  and  AYUSH-64  have  been  suggested  for  the  management  of asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 whereas Guduchi-Pippali and AYUSH64 have been suggested for the management of mild cases of COVID-19.