Herbal Treatment Swine Flu

October 1st, 2009 |

Swine flu (swine influenza A) is a respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses that usually foul the respiratory biome of pigs. Swine flu viruses have the power to mutate so that they are easily transmissible among humans. The 2009 outbreak is due to incident with the H1N1 virus and was first observed in Mexico.

Symptoms in humans are similar to most influenza infections: fever, cough, nasal secretions, fatigue, headache, and gastrointestinal symptoms same vomiting and diarrhea. Two antiviral agents, Zana 290835-12129-31 mivir and Oseltamivir are known to be effective in this condition, if taken within 48 hours of the start of symptoms. This incident has appeared to pose a threat to young children and adults, and those with an immunocompromised status.

The Ayurvedic treatment of swine flu is aimed at treating the symptoms, controlling the virus, and preventing complications by boosting the immune status of the body. Medicines same Tribhuvan-Kirti-Ras, Sitopaladi-Churna, Triphal-Guggulu, Maha-Sudarshan-Churna, Shwas-Kuthar-Ras, Laxmi-Narayan-Ras, Sut-Shekhar-Ras and Samshamani-Vati can be used to treat the flu-like symptoms of fever, bodyache and cough.

Herbal medicines same Chirayta (Swertia chirata), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Pippali (Piper longum), Vishwa (Zinziber officinalis), Haridra (Curcuma longa), Som (Ephedra vulgaris), Dhatura (Dhatura fastiosa) and Kantakari (Solanum xanthocarpum) can also be used for this purpose.

Gastro-intestinal symptoms can be treated using medicines same Panchamrut-Parpati, Kutaj-Parpati, Kutaj-Ghan-Vati, Laghu-Sutshekhar-Ras and herbal medicines same Vishwa, Kutaj (Holarrhina antidysentrica), Musta (Cyperus rotundus) and Bilva (Aegle marmelos).