Patanjali today launched an Ayurvedic medicine kit that it claimed can treat coronavirus within seven days and has shown “100 per cent favourable results during clinical trials on patients”, though scientists across the planet are racing to seek out a cure for the virus.
The medicines, named “Coronil and Swasari” were developed supported research and trials on 280 patients across the country, said Patanjali’s founder, Yoga teacher Ramdev.
There is no scientific evidence of any alternative cure for COVID-19, whilst vaccines are being tested by many countries.
“The whole country and therefore the world was expecting medicine or vaccine for corona. We are proud to announce that the primary Ayurvedic, clinically controlled trial-based evidence and research-based medicine has been prepared by the combined efforts of Patanjali Research Centre and NIMS,” Ramdev was quoted as saying by press agency ANI.
“We are launching COVID medicines Coronil and Swasari today. We conducted two trials of those , first clinical controlled study, which happened in Delhi, Ahmedabad, among many other cities. Under this 280 patients were included and 100 per cent of these recovered. We were ready to control Corona and its complications during this . After this the all-important clinical control trial was conducted,” he claimed.
Patanjali collaborated with National Institute of Medical Sciences or NIMS University, Jaipur, within the project.
“With the assistance of NIMS, Jaipur we conducted the clinical control study on 95 patients. the most important thing which came out of this is often that within three days 69 per cent patients recovered and have become negative from positive (cases) and within seven days 100 per cent of them became negative,” said Ramdev, claiming that necessary approvals for conducting trials of the drugs on patients had been taken from competent authorities.
The World Health Organization has put out a word of caution for alternative cure claims. It says while “some western, traditional or home remedies may provide comfort and alleviate symptoms of COVID-19, there’s no evidence that current medicine can prevent or cure the disease. WHO doesn’t recommend self-medication with any medicines, including antibiotics, as a prevention or cure for COVID-19. However, there are several ongoing clinical trials that include both western and traditional medicines.”