Ayush Team Says Anandaiah s COVID Medicine Cannot Be Termed As Ayurvedic May 23, 2021, 14:31 IST
NELLORE: Distribution of the Ayurvedic preparation at Krishnapatnam, Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh which became popular within no time as a cure for Covid-19, has been indefinitely suspended till its efficacy was scientifically established.
Meanwhile, a team of experts from the Andhra Pradesh Ayush Department, led by its Commissioner V Ramulu Naik, inspected a demonstration of the medicine preparation by Bonigi Anandaiah in Krishnapatnam on Saturday.
After verification, they said that Ayush protocols and guidelines do not accept these preparations as Ayurvedic medicies. The preparations were similar to traditional local medicines and stated that there is no need for any licence for this. The Commissioner also said that there are no harmful ingredients in the concoction being given by Anandaiah. He said that he has been using traditional herbs, including those which are
‘Samples of herbal preparations sent to Ayush lab for testing’
The Nellore district administration has suspended the distribution of ayurvedic medicine by a practitioner B. Anandaiah at Krishnapatnam village, pending a decision by the Ayush Department on the efficacy of the traditional system of medicine.
Collector K.V.N. Chakradhar Babu said the distribution of herbal preparations would not be allowed as it is in violation of the COVID safety norms, even as preliminary findings by a seven-member district-level committee comprising AYUSH doctors and officials found nothing harmful in the preparations.
“Further action will be taken by the Ayush Commissioner based upon the report of the AYUSH laboratory in Hyderabad to which the samples of the herbal preparations have been sent,” he said.