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g) During the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in second wave Ministry of

Ayush released Ayurveda Preventive Measures for self-care during COVID-19
Pandemic (Revised Advisory), Guidelines for Ayurveda Practitioners for

COVID-19 Patients in Home Isolation, Yoga protocol for psychosocial
rehabilitation of COVID-19 Patients (Jointly developed by CCRYN, NIMHANS

and S-VYASA), Advisory for Ayush practitioners on ethical practices during
COVID-19 ,Information for Homeopathy and Ayurveda Practitioners on

Mucormycosis and Home care guidelines and Advisory for Ayush Practitioners
about prophylactic care in Children.

h) A dedicated community support helpline has been operationalised by the
Union Ministry of Ayush to provide Ayush-based approaches and solutions

for the challenges raised by Covid-19. The toll-free number is 14443. The
helpline is operational pan-India from 6 am to 12 midnight-all seven days

of a week. Through the helpline 14443, experts from different streams of
Ayush would be available to address queries of the general masses. These

experts would not only be providing counselling and feasible remedies to
the patients but would also guide them about the availability of nearby Ayush

facilities.
i) Research Studies: Overall, 150 clinical, pre-clinical and epidemiological

studies on COVID-19 Research have been undertaken by the Research
Councils and National Institutes under the Ministry. It includes 46 prophylactics,

49 Interventional studies, 17 observational, 10 surveys and 24 pre-clinical/
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experimental studies, two monographs and two systematic reviews.

j) AYUSH 64 & Kabasura Kudineer: Based on the empirical evidence,
Ayush-64 was repurposed for COVID-19 and extensive studies viz., in-silico,

in-vitro and clinical studies were conducted to evaluate its therapeutic potential.
The tangible evidence generated through robust studies led to positioning of

Ayush-64/Kabasura Kudineer as potential adjuncts to standard care in
COVID-19 management. Ayush 64 is recommended in National Clinical

Management protocol for COVID-19 based on Ayurveda and Yoga.
k) Ayush Sanjivani mobile app has been developed by Ministry of Ayush and

has documented the impact assessment of effectiveness, acceptance and usage
of Ayush advisories & measures in the prevention of COVID-19 through

Mobile app base population study in around 1.35 crores respondents and
analysis of 7.24 lakh public data revealed that 85.1% of the respondents

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