Red Ant Chutney as COVID-19 Cure: Odisha HC directs Ayush Ministry, CSIR to decide
Cuttack: The Union Ministry of AYUSH and the Director-General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has recently been directed by the Odisha High Court to take a decision within 3 months regarding the use of this tribal recipe for treating patients infected with COVID-19.
The direction came following a petition moved by an engineer, Nayadhar Padhial hailing from Baripada.
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As per a recent media report by the Times of India, the petitioner submitted his proposal of using "red ant chutney" as a cure for COVID-19. He duly submitted the proposal to CSIR on June 23 and the Ayush Ministry on July 7.
The tribal specialty of "red ant chutney" is made by mixing red ants with green chilies. Tribals across the country- especially from the belts of Odisha and Chhattisgarh- use this mixture as a medicine and a cure to flu, cough, common cold, breathing problems, fatigue, etc.
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