*Drugs beneficial for boosting immunity
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, April 3: The Directorate of Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM), J&K after consultation with the Advisor Ayurveda, Union Ministry of AYUSH, today initiated the process of supplying available AYUSH drugs to all health workers, quarantine centers, old age homes, PRIs through AYUSH doctors deployed with Principal GMCs Jammu/Srinagar, Directorate of Health Services Jammu/Kashmir, District AYUSH Officers for management of COVID-19 activities.
The step was taken after the Lieutenant Governor (LG) G C Murmu issued directions for providing AYUSH drugs (which are beneficial for self-care/preventive health measures/prophylaxis/boosting immunity) to all health workers, quarantine centres, old age homes, PRIs etc for management of COVID-19 pandemic.
The directions came in the wake of various advisories issued by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, which recommended certain AYUSH drugs Chawanprash, Samshani Vati, Agastya Haritiki, Tulsi, Trikatu, Ashwagandha, AnuTaila, Sitopladi Churan, Talisadi Churan, Tribuvan Mishran, Syp Kuka etc for boosting immunity and improving the respiratory symptoms in similar diseases.
These AYUSH drugs are helpful for prevention and prophylaxis, symptom management of COVID-19 like illnesses and add-on interventions to the conventional care. These medicines are having immuno-modulator, anti-oxidant, rejuvenator, anti-stress, metabolism regulator, anti-allergic, anti-pyretic properties. Besides, they are also useful in managing COVID-19 like symptoms viz dry cough, fever, and bronchospasms etc.
In order to have sufficient and continuous supply chain of these medicines, Atal Dulloo Financial Commissioner Health & Medical Education gave instructions to Directorate of ISM for procurement of supplies through J&K Medical Supplies Corporation immediately.
In this regard, Director ISM, J&K Dr Mohan Singh also called a meeting with the concerned officers and expert Post Graduate doctors for implementing the directions of higher authorities in letter and spirit. He assured that the supply of these medicines shall be made available immediately to the concerned centres.
Directorate of ISM has also initiated the process of procuring raw herbs like Behidana, Unnab, Sapistan etc for preparation of decoction to be made available at quarantine centres and old age homes.
Commissioner Secretary, Rural Development Department has also been informed regarding the source and potential suppliers for supply of these drugs to the PRIs.
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