The thought that cropped up in the mind of Rajendra Ratnoo, IAS, appointed by Govt of India as the Central Nodal Officer to Tamil Nadu, was shared as a concept note with Dr N Manavalan, Principal, Govt Yoga and Naturopathic Medical College and Hospital, Chennai. As a result qualified ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ doctors in #TamilNadu have also joined hands and are contributing in the management of #COVID19 pandemic crisis by ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด Yoga & Naturopathy clinical services in quarantine and isolation wards ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น. This is being done not only to help patients but also to put efficacy of these systems to ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป under guidance of a team of qualified researchers ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ ๐ก ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ . ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ. Some of the medical colleges, where these services are provided are Omandurar Medical College, Stanley Medical College, Kilpauk Medical College, Vellore Medical College, and Thoothukudi Medical College.
The Yoga & Naturopathy interventions included ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ (asana, pranayama, meditation & kriya); ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐โ hot water drinking, hot water gargling and steam inhalation; ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ -eucalyptus oil, peppermint oil & thyme oil; ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป- natural immune boosting fresh juice & natural immune boosting hot drink made of natural herbal dietary supplements including gooseberry, lemon, ginger, tulsi, turmeric, pepper, liquorice, coriander seeds, etc and ๐ฆ๐๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ต.
The impact of these therapeutic interventions is being recorded for the #COVID 19 patients in the ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ where these therapies are given and will be compared with the #COVID 19 patients in ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ where these yoga & naturopathic interventions are not there due to unwillingness of patients.
Very excited about the outcome of this study ! If successful, the results of this study will have potential to be replicated not only in India but also in other countries as well. My heartfelt ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐&๐๐ช, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ of the respective medical colleges and other doctors from allopathic medicine, who are the real frontline warriors, who have cooperated in this pilot study cum intervention. This is best example of how different systems of health and medicine can ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐; ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๏ฟฝ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ and limitation
Rajendra Ratnoo