Ayush Ministry kickstarts campaign to distribute prophylactic medicines
Immunity booster medicines and guidelines to combat COVID-19 will be distributed to 75 lakh people across the country
The Ministry of Ayush launched a campaign of distributing Ayush prophylactic medicines and written guidelines on diet and lifestyle in New Delhi. The drive was jointly kick-started by Minister of Ayush and Port, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of State for Ayush and Woman and Child Development Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai.
In the next year, the immunity booster medicines and the guidelines to combat COVID-19 will be distributed to 75 lakh people across the country, with a special focus on the geriatric (people of 60 years and above age) population and the front line workers.
The kit of Ayurveda prophylactic medicines for COVID-19 contains Sanshamani Vati, which is also known as Guduchi or Giloy Ghan Vati and Ashwagandha Ghan Vati. The kit and the guidelines have been prepared by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Medicines (CCRAS).
The drive to distribute prophylactic medicines and diet and lifestyle guideline is a part of the ongoing ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign launched by the Government of India to commemorate 75 years of India’s freedom. The year-long campaign will continue till August 2022 when India celebrates the 75th anniversary of Independence.
“Distribution of Ayush prophylactic medicines will help citizens to boost immunity against the coronavirus. During the two waves of the pandemic, the people of this country showed great faith in our traditional system of medicine. Their faith has encouraged us to come up with this nationwide distribution campaign. This campaign is being carried out through the robust network of more than 86 Ayush institutions across the country,” said Sonowal.
Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai said that the current campaign was especially focused on the 60 plus age group. “This will help boost immunity in this age group as they are considered more vulnerable in this pandemic situation,” the MoS said.
Other dignitaries present at the launch included Dr N Srikanth, Director General, CCRAS; Pramod Kumar Pathak, Special Secretary, Ministry of Ayush and D Senthil Pandian, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush, Dr Anil Khurana, Chairman, National Commission for Homoeopathy and Vaidya Jayant Deopujari, Chairperson, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine among others.
The Ministry of Ayush has been allotted till September 5 to promote several activities including the launch of the Y-Break mobile application, distribution of medicinal plants for farmers and the public and various webinars.
