Tamil Nadu vouches for traditional Siddha treatment to battle COVID outbreak
Tamil Nadu: With the increasing number of COVID victims all over the country, the Tamilnadu government has claimed 100 percent success rate of traditional Siddha treatment as a strategy to fight against COVID-19.
According to the government authorities, Siddha is the old Tamilian treatment that has been proved to be effective in curing COVID patients who are mildly symptomatic. The treatment proved to be successful when it was applied to a few COVID patients at Chennai's Jawahar college campus and it was successful for 25 patients.
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When many have claimed this treatment to be unscientific, the development Minister K Pandiarajan has vouched for its effectiveness and told NDTV, , "There is a 100 percent success rate. We are not endangering lives. Siddha is a trump card for us. We are blending Siddha, Yoga, and Ayurveda. There is no empirical verification but there is enough history. People have faith. We are documenting many cases now. Siddha doesn't have the last mile - ventilator or oxygen support. Then allopathy takes over for such cases. That's only less than 3 per cent of total cases"
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