Patanjali claims to develop Corona Virus Medicine, Ministry of Ayush directs to stop claiming!

Patanjali claims to develop Corona Virus Medicine, Ministry of Ayush directs to stop claiming!

Patanjali and Baba Ramdev claimed on Tuesday to had developed a Ayurveda medicine to cure the Corona virus. But hours after the announcement of the medicine, the Ministry of Ayush (Ministry of Indian Govt.) directed the company not to claim the medicine as a curing agent of corona until it is thoroughly examined. 

“In order to make this ministry aware of the facts of the aforesaid news and verify the claims, Patanjali Ayurved has been asked to provide at the earliest details of the name and composition of the medicines being claimed for Covid treatment; site(s)/hospital(s), where the research study was conducted for Covid-19; protocol, sample size, Institutional Ethics Committee clearance, CTRI registration and results data of the study (ies),” the ministry said in a statement.

The Ministry added that, details of the global pandemic, corona virus curing medicine was not known to the minitry.

Patanjali claimed on Tuesday, tgat the medicine could completely cure the virus. The medicines to cure the virus are —Swasari Vati, Coronil tablet and Anu Taila — has been priced at Rs 545.

Patanjali stated that, the medicine cured patients in nearly three to seven days. Patanjali said that in the first phase to determine the efficacy of the medicines, a clinical-controlled study was undertaken across cities, including Ahmedabad and New Delhi, and close to 280 patients were examined. The results showed 100% recovery and no deaths. During the clinical-controlled trials, nearly 69% of the 95 patients recovered in three days while 100% recovery was achieved in seven days, mentor and founder Baba Ramdev said.

“The medicines have a 100% recovery rate within three to seven days,” Baba Ramdev said.

The clinical trials have been stated to be jointly done by Patanjali Research Institute and NIMS University, Jaipur. Patanjali had planned to launch the medicine kits in all its stores in the next seven days. The company also announced the launch of an app early next week to facilitate online sales of the medicines. But now, the Ministry of Ayush has stopped this.

Total cases in the country is over 4 lakh while deaths is over 14,000. If the medicine is found to cure the corona virus then it is a good breakthrough and will be a boon for the humanity.