Can Giloy (गिलोय) cure COVID-19 ?

Can Giloy (गिलोय) cure Covid-19?

We all know that there is no medicine for COVID 19 cure. But at the same time, we can prevent diseases by improving immunity. Here is a wonder herb Giloy (गिलोय), Guduchi or Tinospora Cordifolia cure COVID-19 being used to improve our immunity system.

It has been used for centuries in Indian Ayurvedic medicines mainly for the treatment of fever, jaundice, chronic diarrhoea, cancer, dysentery, bone fracture, pain, asthma, skin disease, poisonous insect, snake bite, eye disorders and has shown very positive results. No doubt, this herb has the miraculous power to improve immunity.

A variety of active components derived from the plant like alkaloids, steroids, diterpenoid lactones, aliphatics, and glycosides (Ref-1) have great medicinal properties like anti-diabetic, anti-periodic, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-oxidant, anti-allergic, anti-stress, anti-leprotic, anti-malarial, hepatoprotective, immunomodulatory and anti-neoplastic activities.

In Indian Ayurvedic medicine, it has been used for in the treatment of fever, jaundice, chronic diarrhoea, cancer, dysentery, bone fracture, pain, asthma, skin disease, poisonous insect, snake bite, eye disorders and has shown very positive results. This herb has a miraculous power to improve immunity.

I will take up one by one few of the researches results conducted by doctors and scientists in the recent past but First I will discuss

Can we take it for COVID-19:

 Yes but only as a supplement. Giloy (Tinospora Cordifolia) is known for improving our immunity, has, anti-oxidant, anti-stress, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties. It also corrects several disorders in our body. So if we take it would certainly help us in fighting Covid-19.

What Dose Should we take:

Please note we should not take it in excess or religiously on a regular basis. After all, it contains active chemicals, which are bound to have side effects if taken in excess. But it can never be your main line of treatment. Best is to consult your doctor who would suggest you doses depending upon your weight, age, height, medical background (etcs). Regular Self-medication in excess even in case of Ayurvedic medicines may harm your body.

Should we take leaf, stem, roots, or consume it in powder and tablet form:

(A): No doubt, best is if you take leaf or stem and chew it (this would give you the best results as when we convert it into a काढ़ा (potion) many of its chemicals evaporates or lowers its medical property. However, if you cannot take it raw, you may prepare a काढ़ा (potion) and drink it (result certainly would not be as effective).

(B): And in case you do not have Giloy plant nearby, you have no option but to rely on its power/tablet form. Please take advice from an Ayurvedic doctor or as prescribed by the manufacturer. Note: Do not take it on a regular basis for a long without consulting a doctor…Just forget that medicinal plants do not have any side effects. Medicinal plants have chemicals and excess of it is bound to have side effects. Your family physician can advise you the best.

A variety of active components derived from the plant like alkaloids, steroids, diterpenoid lactones, aliphatics, and glycosides (Ref-1) have great medicinal properties like anti-diabetic, anti-periodic, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-oxidant, anti-allergic, anti-stress, anti-leprotic, anti-malarial, hepatoprotective, immunomodulatory and anti-neoplastic activities.

In Indian Ayurvedic medicine, it has been used for in the treatment of fever, jaundice, chronic diarrhoea, cancer, dysentery, bone fracture, pain, asthma, skin disease, poisonous insect, snake bite, eye disorders and has shown very positive results. This herb has a miraculous power to improve immunity.

Now I am going to discuss a few of the scientific studies conducted so far. I am not a doctor, and the source of these research papers is credible medical journals. I do not claim its authenticity and since I am not a doctor there might be some inadvertent typographical errors or in understanding its observations. My Purpose is to help you understand this plant and take its advantage in the curing/preventing Covid-19 (if at all it is useful).  

Lets see how it works in our body:

Different parts of the plant contain A myriad of biologically active compounds, including alkaloids, diterpenoid lactones, glycosides, steroids, sesquiterpenoid, phenolics, aliphatic compounds, and polysaccharides. Its extracts are extensively used in various herbal preparations for the treatment of different ailments for its anti-periodic, anti-spasmodic, anti-microbial, anti-osteoporotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-allergic, and anti-diabetic properties (Ref 2).All these compounds have different biological roles in our body. But in nutshell, it helps to remove toxins, purifies blood, fights bacteria and virus that causes diseases, combats liver diseases and urinary tract infections, and corrects several disorders in our body. I am trying to take its medical properties one by one.

 

How it improves our immunity:

 

Active compounds 11-hydroxymustakone, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-formylannonain, cordifolioside A, magnoflorine, tinocordiside and syringing. It boost the phagocytic activity of macrophages, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human neutrophil cells.  It also have potential to improve our immunidy and and cytotoxic effects (which helps in destroying cancer cells or recover our body from its effect).

Anti-diabetes property:

It has been reported to mediate its anti-diabetic potential through mitigating oxidative stress (OS), promoting insulin secretion and also by inhibiting gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis, thereby regulating blood glucose. (Ref 3) Alkaloids, tannins, cardiac glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, and steroids as the major phytoconstituents (Ref 4) of Tinospora cordifolia have been reported to play an anti-diabetic role.

The isoquinoline alkaloid rich fraction from the stem, including, palmatine, jatrorrhizine, and magnoflorine have been reported for insulin-mimicking and insulin-releasing effect both in vitro and in vivo.(Ref 5) Oral treatments of root extracts have been reported to regulate blood glucose levels, enhance insulin secretion and suppress OS markers.

The root extract has been reported to decrease the levels of glycosylated hemoglobin, plasma thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, hydroperoxides, ceruloplasmin and vitamin E diabetic rats (Ref 6).

Anti Toxis Property:

Tinospora cordifolia extracts have been reported to scavenge free radicals generated during aflatoxicosis. (Ref 7) It exhibited protective effects by lowering thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) levels and enhancing the GSH, ascorbic acid, protein, and the activities of anti-oxidant enzymes viz., SOD, CAT, GPx, Glutathione S-transferase (GST) and glutathione reductase (GR) in kidney. Alkaloids such as a choline, tinosporin, isocolumbin, palmatine, tetrahydropalmatine, and magnoflorine from Tinospora cordifolia showed protection against aflatoxin-induced nephrotoxicity.

Anti-arthritic, anti-osteoporotic Property:

Tinospora cordifolia have been reported to affect the proliferation, differentiation and mineralization of bone like matrix on osteoblast model systems in vitro and hence finds potential application as an anti-osteoporotic agent. Alcoholic extract of Tinospora cordifolia have been shown to stimulate the growth of osteoblasts, increasing the differentiation of cells into osteoblastic lineage and also increasing the mineralization of bone like matrix. (Ref 8)

Anti HIV and Anti Cancer Property:

Tinospora cordifolia   has been shown to demonstrate a decrease in the recurrent resistance of HIV virus thus improving the therapeutic outcome.Anti-HIV effects of TCE was revealed by a reduction in eosinophil count, stimulation of B lymphocytes, macrophages and polymorphonuclear leucocytes and hemoglobin percentage thus, revealing its promising role of application in management of the disease.

he anti-cancer effects of Tinospora cordifolia are mostly studied in animal models. It reported to have a radioprotective role by significantly increase in body weight, tissue weight, testes-body weight ratio and tubular diameter and inhibit the harmful effects of sub-lethal gamma radiation on testes in male Swiss albino mice. In pre-irradiating mice, TCE significantly affected radiation induced rise in lipid peroxidation and resulted in the decline of GSH concentration in testes.(Ref 9) Pre-treatment of HeLa cells by TCE have been shown to decrease the cell viability, increase LDH and decrease in GSH S-transferase activity.

Anti microbial and Anti-Oxident Property:

The methanol extracts of Tinospora cordifolia have been reported to have potential against microbial infections. (Ref 10) The anti-bacterial activity of Tinospora cordifolia extracts has been assayed against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhi, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter aerogene, and Serratia marcesenses (Gram-positive bacteria).

The anti-oxidant capacity of Tinospora cordifolia stem methanol extracts administered orally increased the erythrocytes membrane lipid peroxide and catalase activity. It also decreased the activities of SOD, GPx in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Tinospora cordifolia Willd.(Menispermaceae) extracts possess possible inhibitors of aldose reductase and anti-oxidant agents Ref (11) thereby reducing chemotoxicity induced by free radicals

Tinospora cordifolia has the ability to scavenge free radicals generated during aflatoxicosis. Tinospora cordifolia showed protection against aflatoxin-induced nephrotoxicity due to the presence of alkaloids such as a choline, tinosporin, isocolumbin, palmatine, tetrahydropalmatine, and magnoflorine.

 

Ref 1): Upadhyay AK, Kumar K, Kumar A, Mishra HS. Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. and Thoms. (Guduchi)-validation of the Ayurvedic pharmacology through experimental and clinical studies. Int J Ayurveda Res. 2010;1:112–21.

Ref 2): Sharma U, Bala M, Kumar N, Singh B, Munshi RK, Bhalerao S. Immunomodulatory active compounds from Tinospora cordifolia. J Ethnopharmacol. 2012;141:918–26.

Ref 3):  Sangeetha MK, Raghavendran Balaji HR, Gayathri V, Vasanthi HR. Tinospora cordifolia attenuates oxidative stress and distorted carbohydrate metabolism in experimentally induced type 2 diabetes in rats. J Nat Med. 2011;65:544–50.

Ref 4): P S, Zinjarde SS, Bhargava SY, Kumar AR. Potent α-amylase inhibitory activity of Indian Ayurvedic medicinal plants. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2011;11:5.

Ref (5)  Patel MB, Mishra S. Hypoglycemic activity of alkaloidal fraction of Tinospora cordifolia. Phytomedicine. 2011;18:1045–52.

Ref (6) Umamaheswari S, Prince Mainzen PS. Antihyperglycaemic effect of ‘Ilogen-Excel’, an ayurvedic herbal formulation in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus. Acta Pol Pharm. 2007;64:53–61.

Ref (7) Gupta R, Sharma V. Ameliorative effects of Tinospora cordifolia root extract on histopathological and biochemical changes induced by aflatoxin-b (1) in mice kidney. Toxicol Int. 2011;18:94–8. 

Ref (8) Chopra A, Saluja M, Tillu G, Venugopalan A, Narsimulu G, Handa R, et al. Comparable efficacy of standardized ayurveda formulation and hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQS) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA): A randomized investigator-blind controlled study. Clin Rheumatol. 2012;31:259–69.

Ref (9): Sharma P, Parmar J, Sharma P, Verma P, Goyal PK. Radiation-Induced Testicular Injury and Its Amelioration by Tinospora cordifolia (An Indian Medicinal Plant) Extract. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:643847.

Ref (10): Narayanan AS, Raja SS, Ponmurugan K, Kandekar SC, Natarajaseenivasan K, Maripandi A, et al. Antibacterial activity of selected medicinal plants against multiple antibiotic resistant uropathogens: A study from Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Benef Microbes. 2011;2:235–43.

Ref (11):  Gacche RN, Dhole NA. Profile of aldose reductase inhibition, anti-cataract and free radical scavenging activity of selected medicinal plants: An attempt to standardize the botanicals for amelioration of diabetes complications. Food Chem Toxicol. 2011;49:1806–13. And  Rawal A, Muddeshwar M, Biswas S. Effect of rubia cordifolia, Fagonia cretica linn, and Tinospora cordifolia on free radical generation and lipid peroxidation during oxygen-glucose deprivation in rat hippocampal slices. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004;324:588–96.

DISCLAIMER:

Frankly speaking, I have collected so much material on this that I can write a book on it. But my purpose is not to become a researcher or to make you all a doctor. The idea is only to tell you the medicinal properties of the plant and to help you understand when to take it and when not to take it in power/tablets form . The above information is sourced from various credible websites (mostly government) or the research book of established doctors/researchers. Collected it clubbed it and presented it in a possible simpler and interesting form. ENDS.

By Vijay Thakur, Special Representative, The Statesman

Bamboo to revive North East Economy from Covid-19, Claims a State Minister in the Prime Minister Office

Will Green Gold from North East would revive North East Economy

BY Vijay Thakur, Special Representative, The Statesman, vijaythakurx@gmail.com

The centre is eying on Bamboos to revive North Eastern Economy and seeing it as “an important vehicle of trade” in the post Covid-19 era.

The bamboo sector would propel the Atam Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan in North Eastern Region claimed the Union Minister of State for DoNER (Development of North Eastern Region) Jitendra Singh here on Tuesday. He is also a Minister of State in the Prime Minister Office.

During a review meeting through video the conference, in which senior officers from the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) and North Eastern Council (NEC) Shillong participated, the Minister said Bamboo is not only vital to India's Post- COVID economy but it would also herald a new momentum for Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s clarion call of “Vocal for Local”.

He said that the sensitivity with which the Centre views the importance of the promotion of Bamboo is evident from the fact that even during the lockdown period, the Ministry of Home Affairs allowed the functioning of bamboo related activities like planting, process.

Bamboo is also called Poor man’s timber and no doubt has great potential to the rural economy of India. It is one of the most abundant and environment-friendly resources available in rural India. In India, it accounts for 12.8 % of forest cover in about 14 million hectares of land. India is the second only to China in Bamboo production and it is immensely popular in the northeastern region. Because of its role in NE Economy, people in NE also call it ‘Green Gold’.  

Dense bamboos are found mostly in Arunachal Pradesh followed by Mizoram and Manipur. Mizoram occupies the largest forest area under different bamboo species, followed by Meghalaya. As this region is the largest reservoir of bamboo resource in India, screening is required to identify the most delicate bamboo species the development of the package of practices for their mass multiplication. Four States of Northeast i.e. Tripura, Assam, Mizoram and Nagaland have formulated their own policies for the development of Bamboo and conservation of Bamboo forests.

 

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India presses helicopters services to control 'टिड्डी - Terror attack'

India presses helicopters to control 'Locust- Terror attack'

BY Vijay Thakur, Special Representative, The Statesman, vijaythakurx@gmail.com

Union Agriculture Ministry has pressed Helicopter services to control Locust attack in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, which are going to be most affected by the desert locust swarms coming from Somalia.

The Bell choppers took his first flight on July 5 from Jaisalmer base and spray chemicals in Rajasthan to control the further spread of Locust swarms.

The helicopters would be initially stationed at Air Force Station at Uttarlai, Barmer to cover the Jodhpur Division in Rajasthan where the Locust swarms would come from Somalia would come to lay eggs and breed to produce the third generation locusts. If these swarms if not destroyed in time would flew to Haryana, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra.

In case the winds are strong they might reach Nepal, Bihar or the bordering areas of West Bengal, locust experts told the Agriculture Ministry. The single-pilot helicopter Bell 206-B3 can carry 250 litres of pesticide in one trip and would cover 25 to 50 hectare in one flight. Though the use of a helicopter is common in African or Middle East countries, it is for the first time that India is using the helicopter to spray locusts.

India is still waiting for 5 aerial spraying machines, which it had ordered to the UK based company. Once it received those sophisticated machines, it would be deployed in an Indian Air Force helicopter and pressed into operation for Locust control.

So far operation conducted by the centre and state governments have controlled locust in nearly 2.33 lakh hectares in the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Bihar.

“Except Rajasthan, no significant crop losses have been reported in the States of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Haryana” said a senior officer of the Agriculture Ministry.

The Locust warning team of UN Food and Agriculture Organization has informed India that swarms from northern Somalia are likely to migrate across the Indian Ocean to the breeding areas along the Indo-Pakistan border. In Pakistan, swarms have already started laying eggs in Sindh and swarms are present in the Indus Valley.

Operation till JULY 5

·        Presently 60 control teams with spray vehicles are deputed /deployed in State of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh more than 200 Central Government personnel are engaged in locust control operations. Further, 5 companies with 12 drones are deployed at Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Nagaur and Phalodi in Rajasthan for effective control of locusts on tall trees and in inaccessible areas through spraying of pesticides. India is the first Country who is using drones for locust control

·        On 21^st May, 2020 MoCA granted conditional exemption to the Government Entity for use of remotely Piloted Air Craft System for anti-locust operations subject to various terms and conditions. Further, on 27th June, 2020, MoCA further relaxed the terms and conditions and permitted the use of engine-powered drone up to 50kg and use of drones during night times also for anti-locust operations

·        As per the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Locust Status Update of 03.07,2020, many of the spring-bred swarms that migrated to Indo-Pak border before the monsoon rains, some continued east to northern states of India and a few groups reached Nepal. The forecast is that these swarms will return to Rajasthan with the start of the monsoon in the coming days to join other swarms still arriving from Iran and Pakistan, which is expected to be supplemented by swarms from The Horn of Africa in about mid-July. Early breeding has already occurred along the Indo-Pak border where substantial hatching and band formation will take place in July that will cause the first-generation summer swarms to form in mid-August

·        Weekly virtual meeting on Desert Locust of South-West Asian countries (Afghanistan, India, Iran and Pakistan) is being organised by FAO. 15 virtual meetings of the technical officers of South-West Asian countries have taken place so far

 

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PM address to the nation: 'Much Ado about Nothing', did not say what the entire nation was eager to hear from PM's Mouth

“Much Ado About Nothing” was one of the best comedy of William Shakespeare PM’s sixth address to the nation since Covid-19 broke outwas certainly not a comedy but a big disappointment to people who were expecting something from our PRIME MINISTER…. Was it to attract Bihari voters ?

 

The phrase “Much Ado about nothing” was normally used to describe a situation in which there has been a lot of excitement about something which actually was not there. It comes from the Title of a humorous play by William Shakespeare. Today’s address to the nation though was not a comedy, but certainly it the excitement for PM’s address was for nothing.

Modiji did not touch upon the important burning issues... we were eagerly expecting to hear from PM's mouth. The 25 Minutes of Prime Minister’s 6^th address to the nation (since Covid 19 broke out) was a sheer wastage of time. I cancelled all my programme to listen to his address to the Nation. He disappointed me, I was expecting him to touch upon the burning issues of unemployment, business boost up, and three challenges (1) Covid-19 (2) INDO-CHINA border disputes and (3) Locust-Terror attack.

 1)     Announced that free foodgrain scheme to poor families will be extended till November.

 REACTION: But cannot this be informed through a press release or by any of his senior Minister… This announcement did not require PM’s announcement

 2)     Asked all of us to stay healthy and observe all the precautions necessary to beat Corona and maintain physical distance.

 REACTION: What a great revelations as if we were not aware of it… what else we have been doing for the past three months. Rather he should pass this message to people like BABA RAMDEV, who is addressing national and international media without observing the precautions.

 3)     He announced that Mansoon festival season is coming

REACTION: As if we were not aware of it…. Sorry, Modiji, I like you but you disappointed me...need to change your  advisor to avoid wasting your and our time.

BY Vijay Thakur, Special Representative, The Statesman, vijaythakurx@gmail.com

The Worst fear of Locust-Terror Attack appears to be turning true: Centre deployed drones, helicopters, vehicles mounted sprayers, fire brigade vehicles and Air Force M--17 choppers. To be intensified further in the coming month

Locust-Terror attack: Indian Airforce to deploy sophisticated helicopters fitted with CD Atomizer Kit and GPS tracker

BY Vijay Thakur, Special Representative, The Statesman, vijaythakurx@gmail.com

Fearing worst Locust attack in the half a dozen states in India and Nepal, Union Agriculture Ministry in association with state governments have deployed drones, helicopters, vehicles mounted sprayers, and fire brigades to control the spread of Locust swarms entering India from Somalia through Pakistan.

A new report from the FAO Locust Watch team has also revealed that that one of the locust swarms has already entered Nepal crossing sugarcane belt of Uttar Pradesh. Though the present swarms could not cause much damage, United Nation’s organization has warned that many more such swarms are likely to hit Indo-Pak border from Somalia where it would breed and spread further into Northern and Western states.

The United Nation has already warned that Locust swarms would continue to enter India for another one month, and if not controlled in time, it would severely affect crops in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.

If UNFAO (Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations ) is to be believed, the locust swarms could attack even in Nepal in the coming months. It warned that hatching and band formation would increase during this month in Rajasthan and northern Gujarat, in India as well as adjacent areas of Tharparkar, Nara and Cholistan deserts of Pakistan.

“A few swarms continue to be seen further east in Uttar Pradesh, India and at least one swarmlet reached the central plains of Nepal on 12 July where they are likely to disperse or return towards Rajasthan without causing significant damage or breeding,” the United Nation warned. Centre has set up special 24x7 Control rooms for desert Locust swarm. In Gujarat and Rajasthan alone more than 60 ground control teams of Locust Circle Offices and 12 Drones are being used to control its menace.

Soon government would also have half a dozen hi-tech CD Atomizer kits with GPS Trackers. Centre would take help from Indian Air Force to press its helicopters for aerial spray in the affected areas to quarantine it before they could make any major damage, he said.

Government has deployed 60 control teams with spray vehicles, 15 drones deployed in Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner Nagaur in Rajasthan, Bell helicopters deployed to spray pesticides. Besides the Indian Air Force has also conducted trials in Anti-Locust operations by using Mi-17 helicopter.

Government has also deployed 55 additional vehicles for locusts control mounted with newly procured sophisticated Micronair sprayer. So far Locust control operations have carried out in around 3 lakh hectares area in Rajasthan, MP, Punjab, Gujarat, UP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Bihar.

Presently Swarms and adult groups are mainly present in Rajasthan west of Jaipur and some infestations continue to be reported in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Utter Pradesh. Only one small group of immature adults, which moved north in Utter Pradesh on June 27 during strong winds, FAO reports said. It reached northern districts of Kushinagar and Sidharth Nagar where it split up and a few crossed the border to the central lowlands of Nepal near Butwal. Though it might not cause much harm and are likely to disperse, the FAO said.

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How not to enter into the Club of "Covid 19 Dead"

FRIENDS Good Morning, I AM Vijay Thakur. I AM NO CORONA EXPERT. I am a journalist with nearly 30 years of experience during which I covered issues related to Health, Agriculture, Energy, and Internal Security. I have received several national and international fellowships

I am writing this after seeing PANIC in public from COVID-19, particularly in my housing society (THE PARAMOUNT GOLF FORESTEE SOCIETY I AM LIVING). My following observations are based on my interaction with several doctors of international repute involved in the treatment of Covid-19 pandemic.

I am not going into technical/medical details of Covid-19, but trying to explain in the simplest way what the disease is, its prevention and cure to save ourselves and our dear ones from the present pandemic. And also to tell people that there is no need to PANIC.

Treat Covid-19 as a REALITY

1)   

Accept the fact that CORONA is a reality and would attack most of us in the coming months.. may be in a month or two or a year…our CHANCES OF GETTING COVID-19 is GREATER  than your imaginations. IT IS GOING TO STAY HERE WITH US for a long and we must learn to live with it.

2)     So Do not panic and accept it like we have accepted other diseases on this earth and learn to live with it.

 )     GOOD NEWS is that it is not highly killing and only 0.3 % (3 out of 1000) normal Covid-19 patients die of it (if no medicine is developed in near future).

4)     BAD NEWS is it is highly infectious (in fact the most infectious virus known to humankind so far). Since we know of it for just past six-seven months, we have little information about the virus.

HOW DO WE GET COVID-19

1)     To know your enemy you must know how it works.

2)     It enters into our body through NOSE, MOUTH (and in some rare cases through eyes), stays in our nasal path, throat and windpipe areas, stay there for nearly four to six hours before it enters our lungs. If it enters into our stomach it would die automatically.

3)     It may enter into our blood if there is any injury in our body (chances are very rare) or if there is any injury in the nasal, throat, mouth or windpipe area (here Chances are very high).

4)    

MUST REMEMBER If it enters our blood, there is hardly any treatment except praying, increasing your immunity, and keeping yourself happy as much as you can. Once it is in your blood it will flow into your body and can attack any of your vital organs.

5)     MUST REMEMBER: if it is in your blood, Chances of survival (by Europe experience) ARE just 5 out of 100… which means 95 % people who have Corona in their Blood might die of it. in this case I suggest you write your WILL and try to complete your all uncompleted tasks (I AM NOT JOKING)...

6)     Survival (in case it is in your blood) only depends upon your age, immunity, your life style, your state of mind, and lastly your will power.

HOW TO PREVENT ITS SPREAD

1)     Preventing its spread is no rocket science. Understand your enemy and fight it out.

2)     We know it will enter through mouth and nose, and eyes….SO TRY NOT TO TOUCH IT UNNECESSARILY.

3)     If you have any internal injury/infection treat it on top priority…. Because otherwise it may directly enter into your blood.

4)     You know you only touch your mouth, nose and eyes through your hands. SO WASH YOUR HANDS, NOSE AND MOUTH EVERY TWO HOURS (IF YOU ARE OUT OF HOME), AND EVERY SIX HOURS (IF YOU ARE AT HOME).

5)     5)  Try not to invite anybody home or go out to meet somebody until it is important.

6)     6)   Do not stay for more than 30 minutes at any place like shopping….ects. and avoid going to places which are centrally airconditioned.

7)     7)    Use MASK only when it is necessary otherwise it may have an adverse effect. You do not need to put a mask when you are at home… or when you are driving alone.

8)     8)   Avoid Air conditioner at home…and if you are using it, its temperature should not be less than 28 degree Celsius.

 PREVENTIVE MEDICINES:

 1) There is no medicine for Covid-19 as of today June 29. There are some preventive allopathic medicines (I AM NOT MENTIONING IT BECAUSE ONLY DOCTORS SHOULD ADVISE IT). However, there are few things which can help improve your immunity and prevent you from all kind of bacterial/ viral infections including Covid-19. (BUT DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING IN EXCESS… IT WOULD PUT EXTRA PRESSURE ON YOUR VITAL ORGANS MAINLY KIDNEY)

1)     2)    Take lots of water (approx four litre a day).

      3)   Take hot water (Tea with milk would not help as much) every four hours…. If possible do gargils

every six hours. ALWAYS BRUSH YOUR TEETH AFTER EVERY MEAL. (YOU WILL BE SURPRISED  BY TAKING THESE SMALL STEPS YOU ARE PREVENTING YOURSELF FROM MAJOR BACTERIAL/ VIRAL INFECTIONS)….

      4)     If you taking hot waters doing gargils or doing कुल्ला after every meal, you will be SURPRISED YOUR throat, mouth or windpipe becomes clear of MOST OF THE VIRUS/BACTERIA (and prevents its exponential multiplication in these areas before it enters your lungs. THIS PREVENTION IS REALLY  a MIRACLE... I have tested it on myself for over two decades to prevent seasonal diseases which are stronger than Covid-19.

 5)    Take 100 to 150 mg Vitamine C every day through your meal or medicine. Best is if you take fresh green chillis or lemonade (with little sugar)

 6)   Take Vitamin B complex twice a week (not more than that) and Vitamin A, and D and zink supplement only once a week. (All this is to supplement since most of these things are already there in INDIAN HOME COOKED MEAL).

 7) I may not agree with BABA RAMDEV on many grounds OR HIS CORONA CLAIMS. But it is also a fact that Giloy also known as Amrita or Guduchi in Hindi, and Ashwagandha, are really doing wonders at the initial stage of Covid-19 patients. It improves your immunity, lower stress level, controls your blood sugar level, Blood pressure, and several other disorders in your body. One must take Giloy and Ashwagandha, in a limited dose to boost up your immunity and to treat many disorders in your body and get your body ready to fight Covid-19. It is available in tablet/capsule/powder form in the market. But I am told PITANJALI IS THE BEST (I AM NOT ADVOCATING IT YOU MAY TAKE ANY BRAND YOU TRUST….YOUR TRUST ON THE MEDICINE IS VERY IMPORTANT… IT HELPS YOU IMPROVE VERY FAST).

 8)   POTION TO PREVENT SEASONAL BACTERIAL/VIRAL INFECTIONS INCLUDING COVID 19 (HAVE IT ONCE A DAY):

Take one leaf of TULSI (or just a drop of TULSI ARK easily available in the market), lemon leaf (if possible), one leaf of Giloy and Ashwagandha(or otherwise one-fourth of a Giloy and Ashwagandha tablet or a pinch of Giloy and Ashwangandha powder), a pinch of tea, one leaf of dalchini, pinch of kali Mirch powder), a pinch of kala namak one spoon of sugar (maybe one and a half or two spoons), boil it and keep it for five minutes…… BEFORE SERVING ADD JUICE OF HALF LEMON…. AND SERVE IT FOR FOUR PEOPLE….once a day… You do not need to add all the ingredients use as much as available…. PLEASE NOTE I HAVE BEEN USING IT TO CURE MYSELF FROM VARIOUS VIRAL/BACTERIAL INFECTIONS FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES AND IT HAS WORKED EVEN ON SERIOUS INFECTIONS. I GOT CURED MOST OF THE TIMES WITHIN FOUR TO SEVEN DAYS DEPENDING UPON THE DEGREE OF INFECTIONS…. AND TRUST ME I NEVER APPROACHED DOCTOR UNTILL IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET COVID-19

1)   First think that you are very lucky as it was diagnosed in time. Unfortunately, in 60 -70 % cases people do not get to know of it and keep spreading it to their near and dear ones.

2)     2)   ISOLATE yourself and listen to very light music of your choice (it would relax your brain from tensions) and all your organs would fight against CORONA. FORGET ALL THE WORRIES OF THE WORLD AND ONLY THINK POSITIVE TO CURE YOURSELF. ALWAYS REMEMBER A PERSON WITH TENSION FREE MIND RECOVERS 50 % FASTER THAN A PERSON WITH TENSION UNNECESSARY WORLDLY TENSIONS.

3)     3)   BESIDES FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS OF COVID-19 EXPERT DOCTORS, You must be in regular touch with your family physician or a doctor you trust. Apprise him of every development and REMEMBER YOUR FAMILY PHYSICIAN KNOW YOU FOR AGES, HE KNOWS ABOUT YOUR BODY MORE THAN YOU AND WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTANDING THE TREATMENT GIVEN BY A COVID-19 DOCTOR.

1)     4) STRICTLY FOLLOW THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AS MENTIONED. AND FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY YOUR COVID-19 DOCTOR and family physician...

5) KEEP HYGIENE DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANYONE EVEN YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. DO NOT SHARE ANYTHING with your family members WHICH MAY CREATE PANIC AMONG YOUR DEAR ONES. 

3)     6) NO ONE GUARANTEE THAT all these things would save you from COVID-19, but it is also a fact that your chances of entering into THE CLLUB of “COVID-19 DEAD”  would reduce substantially.

Ends.

BY Vijay Thakur, Special Representative, The Statesman, vijaythakurx@gmail.com

PAKISTAN NOT COOPERATING WITH INDIA IN FIGHT AGAINST WORST LOCUST ATTACK

PAKISTAN NOT COOPERATING WITH INDIA IN FIGHT AGAINST WORST LOCUST ATTACK

BY Vijay Thakur, Special Representative, The Statesman, vijaythakurx@gmail.com

NEW DELHI, June 27

Despite the fact that Pakistan is facing its worst ‘Locust-Terror attack’ since 1970, it has stopped cooperating sharing information on the movement of Locust swarm with Indian government ‘without giving any valid reason’.

The Locust Warning Organisations (LWOs) of India and Pakistan have been jointly fighting Locust commonly-known as Tiddi and preparing a common strategy against ‘Tiddi-attack’. Even during the warlike situations, LWOs have warmly met on a monthly basis along Indo-Pak International Border, and shared their information so as to quarantine Locust swarms.

But this is probably for the first time during the past 50 years that LWOs have not met for the past three months. And this period was very crucial to device a common strategy against Locust. The LWO meeting in Munabao used to be a win-win situation for both countries as they were fighting a common enemy, admitted a senior officer of the Agriculture Ministry.

“We had wonderful repo with Pakistan LWO and used to prepare a joint common strategy to fight against Locust-Terror….We do not know why the similar warm feeling is missing this time and they turned a cold shoulder this time,” he said.

If senior officers of the Agriculture Ministry are to be believed, Pakistan’s Locust plague is as big the problem as Covid-19 in Sindh, Baluchistan and some parts of Pakistan’s Punjab as it may pose a serious threat to Pakistan’s food security.

Actually, first-generation Locust swarms are formed in Sudan, Ethopia, Kenya, Yemen and Oman, and then it enters into South West Pakistan from Iran. After destroying crops in Sind and Baluchistan, it flies into Gujarat and Rajasthan where it lays eggs and forms third generation swarms.

Though they have been entering India through Pakistan almost every year, the numbers were very insignificant and were controlled in Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Barmer region only. It hardly went beyond this region. But This year the situation is very grim,  a month ago some swarms entered into parts of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana.

“Government managed to control it efficiently. We pressed vehicle and tractor mounted sprayers and also took the help of fire brigades to control it. We would also manage to control the present swarm entering some parts of Gurgaon and going towards Agra and Bulandshahr in UP at the rate of 150 kilometers per day,” said a senior officer of Agriculture Ministry requesting anonymity.

“There is no denying the fact that we would have controlled it faster and managed to contain its spread had Pakistan authorities cooperated. Yet we are confident that we would be able to contain,” he said. Considering the seriousness of the situation, the Agriculture Ministry has already ordered 5 hi-tech CD Atomizer kits with GPS Trackers for aerial sprayer capabilities from Europe to control and quarantine it, he said. These kits would be fitted into helicopters of the Indian Air force to control the desert locust swarms.

In a joint operation so far Centre and states governments have already quarantined nearly 1,20,000 hectare areas at about 1,000 locations during the past three months. Similar operations would continue till October-November, the officer said.