Lok Sabha Question No. 719 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Medicines under AYUSH for COVID-19
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Sougata Ray

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 719 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY , 2021

## MEDICINES UNDER AYUS H FOR COVID -19

## 719. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: SHRI MANOJ TIWARI: PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiative to  ide ntify  effective  medicines  under Ayurveda,  Unani, Siddha  and  Homoeopathy  systems  to  cure  patients  with symptoms  of COVID - 19;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  medicinal protocol  developed  for  treatment  of COVID - 19 along with the Covid related medicines approved by the Government;
- (c)  whether  any  collaborative  project  has  been  taken involvin g  Allopathy,  Ayurveda,  Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy to develop effective treatment of Coronaviruses in the country; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (DR. MUNJPARA MAHEND RABHAI)

- (a): Yes. The Ministry of AYUSH has formed an Inter - disciplinary AYUSH R&D Task Force having representation from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Biotechnology ( DBT), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), All India Inst Medical  Sciences  (AIIMS)  and  AYUSH  Institutions.  The  Inter - disciplinary  AYUSH  R&D  Task Force has formulated and designed clinical research protocols for p rophylactic studies and add - on interventions in COVID -19 positive cases through thorough review and consultative process of repute  experts  from  different  organizations  across  the  country  for  studying  four interventions  viz.  Ashwagandha,  Yash timadhu,  Guduchi  +  Pippali  and  a  poly  herbal  formulatio (AYUSH - 64). Under various research organizations and National Research Institutes 126 st going  on  in  152  centers  in  the  country  to  identify  effective  medicine  for  to  cure  p symptoms of COVID - 19.
- (b): Government  of  India  has  released  'National  Clinical  Management  Protocol  based  on Ayurveda and Yoga for management of COVID -19' prepared by National Task Force in consensus from various expert committees. Apart from this various guide lines and advisories have been issued for  management  of  Covid - 19  by  Ayurveda,  Siddha,  Unani  and  Homoeopathy  Practitioners respectively.

(c): Central  Council  for  Research  in  Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS)  has  undertaken  f collaborative  research  studies  i n  COVID - 19  in  which  the  Ayurvedic  formulations  have  been administered  as  add  on  to  conventional  standard  care.  Further  four  collaborative  st Ayurvedic formulations as standalone treatment out of which two studies have conventional care a s control arm and remaining two studies are standalone Ayurveda intervention.

(d) : Does not a rise.