Tyagi R, Gupta V, Kumar R, Wander GS. Traditional Indian practices: Time to revisit and re-adopt for a healthier lifestyle.
J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 2020;
36:S166-S171. [PMID:
33100675 PMCID:
PMC7574014 DOI:
10.4103/joacp.joacp_299_20]
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected human life significantly. In spite of significant advancement of medical technology, management is still focused on preventive strategies due to non availability of vaccine or any definitive treatment. The preventive strategies include hand hygiene, social distancing, isolation/quarantine along with the methods for boosting immunity. The ancient literature and several traditional practices of our country guide a hygienic life style and address several preventive aspects of transmission of infection across the society. Furthermore, healthy eating habits and use of various herbs and spices as regular food ingredients has been proven for boosting the immunity. In this review, we have tried to correlate the traditional practices with the available scientific evidences.
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