SRI ASHWIN HOLISTIC HEALTH

Nidhana panchakam (the five clinical barometer in Ayurveda)
With relation to COVID-19( NOVEL CORONA)

1. Nidana :- Agantu- external causes – Virus.
2. Purva Rupa :– prodromal signs and symptoms or initial symptoms that proceed a
disease. These are symptoms of a possible future disease that acts as a warning bell but
they are not necessarily a disease in their own right. Hear it relates to mild throat pain
with irritation in throat.
3. Rupa( lakshanam):- Cardinal find and symptoms; severe cough (usually dry); reddish
lines under the inner eyelines, slightly pale face, uneasiness .
4. Upaashaya :- Therapeutic guidelines.
VIPARITA( antagonistic treatment )
 Hetu viprita aushadha:- medicine that is antagonistic to the cause.
Solution:- Dry ginger is the best medicine for kapha – vata fever ( fever in
present day scenario) though it is not antipyretic , it does not relieve fever but it
is antagonistic to the cause and therefore it works effectively in keeping lungs
and its channels called prana vaha srotas clear.
 Hetu vipareeta Annam:- softcooked rice with warming spices. This remedies the
cause but does not directly cure fever.
 Hetu vipareeta vihara:- a classic Vihar is to sit in the hot sun, which treats the
cause not the fever.
 Vyadhi VIPARITA aushadha:-medicine that have antagonistic action. (
Vasakasava, mahasudarshan vati)
 Vyadhi vipareeta Annam:- rasam with pepper and ginger with use basil leaves.
 Vyadhi vipareeta vihara:- sitting under hot sun ,Surya namaskaras,
samasitoshana pranayam.

The the above detailed step by step way to look at the current problem helps us understand how it is
looked at in Ayyrvedic point of view…