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Updated: Share Article AAA Alappuzha Municipality in Kerala recently got flak for its suggestion to use an ayurvedic powder for fumigation to contain COVID-19 spread. Now, popular science activists and Ayurveda practitioners are engaged in a debate over the efficacy and scientific validity of that powder even as one more grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district has conducted a similar event. The civic body in Alappuzha had urged all the 50,000 households in its jurisdiction to observe ‘Dhooma Sandhya’ at 6.30 p.m. on May 8 by fumigating their surroundings with the smoke generated from burning ‘aparajita dhooma choornam’. The municipality had earlier distributed packets of the powder to residents for free as part of COVID-19 prevention. “Aparajitha dhooma choornam could prevent all airborne infectious diseases. It is antibacterial and antiviral,” a notice had said. The Malayinkeezhu grama panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram too followed suit a couple of days later.

Sumita santhoshKerala sasthra sahitya parishadPr salaja kumariJoset pykadaNational ayush missionDistrict programmeAlappuzha municipalityDhooma sandhyaAncient scienceArya vaidya pharmacyDistrict medical officerDistrict programme managerSenior specialist medical officerThrissur district collectorSitaram ayurveda pharmacyCampaign against pseudo science using law