Chennai: An integrated medicine approach in treating Coronavirus patients not only shortened their stay in hospital but also helped the infected recover faster, revealed a study by Siddha doctors initiated when the pandemic was at the peak in Tamilnadu.
The overall median length of stay was 12 days for those who were administered zinc, vitamin c tablets, as advised by the state government and Kabasura Kudineer, a Siddha polyherbal formulation, which was advised by the union Ayush ministry, claims a survival analysis study.
The study was to assess the length of stay of novel coronavirus patients under Integrated Medicine – Zinc, Vitamin C and Kabasura Kudineer, carried out by the team of government Siddha doctors at the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital Coimbatore.
According to Dr Sathya Rajeswaran, Director in-charge, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, the data was collected from confirmed Covid-19 cases admitted in GMC and ESI Hospital Coimbatore.
“In our study, no death was reported”, he said.
The study was carried out on patients admitted from 26 April, 2020. Their discharges were taken for analysis upto 5 May, 2020. The duration of hospital stay varied from 1-36 days.
The outcome of the study was published in the European Journal of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, recently.
