Integrative Approach to COVID-19: An Indian Facebook Recipe for Mental Health

Overview

Journal Ann Neurosci

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Neurology

Date 2022 Mar 28

PMID 35341237

Authors

Akshay Anand

Rahul Tyagi

Radhika Khosla

Parul Bali

Manjari Rain

Kalyan Maity

Prashant Verma

Sheetal J Gupta

Pooja Nadholta

Navneet Kaur

Kiran Sharma

Satyam Tripathi

Pramod Avti

Amit Singh

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has given the world a big blow and has forced the entire world to develop a new thought process. To cope with the stress of lockdown, it was important for people to indulge in educational and health activities to save them from the threats being caused by the news and social media.

Summary: A Facebook page named Yoga scholars Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) was created where three sessions were held per day for 225 days regularly. This activity resulted in people adopting an integrative approach towards alternative medicine.

Key Message: This also made possible a trial of Ashwagandha for COVID-19 treatment by the Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) ministry.

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