Patanjali Claims To Have Found The Cure For Covid-19; Here's A List Of Claimed Cures So Far

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev's company, Patanjali Ayurved has claimed that it has found the cure for Covid-19. According to co-founder Balkrishna it has shown an 80 percent success rate. Here is a look at other coronavirus cure claims.

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New Delhi: While researchers and pharmaceutical companies across the world are racing to develop an effective vaccine or drug for coronavirus, Baba Ramdev's consumer goods and herbal medicine company Patanjali Ayurved has claimed that it has found a cure for COVID-19. The company which was started by yoga guru Ramdev says that the medicine developed by them has shown a success rate of 80 percent. Co-founder Balkrishna has said that medicine was given as a preventive step to patients and has also claimed that over 80 percent of patients have been cured with the medicine.  The company is now conducting a clinical trial based on government regulations.

" We gave medicine for prevention and it was evidence-based. Several corona patients tested negative they were administered our medicine We have collected clinical data of its effect on patients from different age groups. We are now going to conduct controlled clinical trials "

-Acharya Balkrishna, Patanjali

He added that so far, the results of trials of 2-3 batches look positive and that the results will be announced soon. So far there are no known cures for the virus, but several drugs and herbal medicines have been considered as a cure for coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. Hydroxychloroquine- Since the early days of the pandemic HCQ is mired in controversy with researchers vacillating over its effectiveness. Initially, it was considered a miracle drug for COVID-19 and even the US President Donald Trump had hailed it. But recent research shows that there is no effect on the virus. Oxford University, which was studying the effect of the drug, stopped the trial last week after it was found that there were no beneficial effects. Remdesivir- According to reports this antiviral drug is effective in inhibiting replication of the virus. Although some researchers are skeptical as the drug has worked ‘In Vitro’ that is outside a living body in a test tube or a Petri dish. At present, the drug is manufactured by Gilead Sciences an American biopharmaceutical company. Giloy and Ashwagandha- According to Baba Ramdev, the plants Giloy and Ashwagandha which is used in Ayurvedic medicines is effective against the coronavirus. In a recent interview, he claimed that patients who were given the medicinal plants made a 100 percent recovery. Herbal concoctions- Several herbal remedies were said to be effective against the virus. In China people rushed to buy traditional Chinese medicine Shuanghuanglian. It is prepared from the Japanese honeysuckle and fruits of Forsythia. After news about its effect became viral the medicine started flying off the shelves in February. Similarly, in India, a piece of false news regarding the juice of poisonous plant Datura’s impact on coronavirus led to the hospitalisation of eleven people who had consumed it after watching a Tik Tok video. Also Watch: Patanjali claims to cure Corona patients