Abstract

AYURVEDIC APPROACH TO TREAT SWINE FLU

Vijay Kumar*, Neha Shekhawat and Ashir

Abstract

Ayurvedic medicine is one of the world's oldest holistic (“wholebody”) healing systems. It was developed more than 3,000 years ago in India. Ayurveda, the traditional 'science of life', has a remedy for diseases when every other stream of medicine fails. Now, at a time when swine flu is spreading like wildfire across the world, Ayurveda has the remedy in the form of the miraculous herbs, like Tulsi, Aloe Vera, Giloy. In this review we going to discuss the various benefits of these ayurvedic herbs. These herbs are helpful to prevent swine flu. The known strains include Influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H3N1 and H3N2. The spread among humans is through droplets expelled during cough and sneezing by an infected individual; any personal contacts increases the risk of transmission.

Keywords: H1N1, Influenza, Swine Flu, Tulsi.