Published 11:18 IST, April 29th 2020

COVID-19: Kerala Govt distributes homeopathy medicines to 45 lakh people to boost immunity

To build immunity amid the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the Kerala Government is giving a massive push to the homeopathic medicine

Reported by: Ananya Varma
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To build immunity amid ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, Kerala Government is giving a massive push to homeopathic medicine. state government distributed homeopathy medicine to over 45 lakh people across state as 'immunity boosters'. This distribution was carried out by MLAs of each district with help of resident associations. Kerala on Tuesday reported four more positive cases of COVID-19, taking total aggregate in state to 485.

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" Homeopathy Department is giving Arsenicum Album 30C as a preventive medicine to boost immunity which centre h approved. In Thiruvananthapuram, four mobile units have also been set up to distribute medicine to homes," said CS Preep, District medical officer, Department of homoeopathy.

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Dr. B Vijayakumar, a member of State level expert group of Indian Homoeopathic Medical Association (IHMA's) revealed that Homoeopathy has h a long history in treating and preventing epidemics ever since its inception including those such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Chickenpox and Typhoid. "Its effectiveness in manment of viral diseases has proved beyond doubt many a time. Homeopathy, being one of most sought after alternative system of medicine all over world,

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VK Prasanth, MLA who has been former mayor of Thiruvananthapuram was first to launch distribution of Homeopathy medicine in his constituency. " centre has recognised homoeopathy medicine to boost immunity and reby work as a preventive. When I associated with it, first I was criticised, but w medicine is in high demand across state." said Prasanth.

Indian Homoeopathic Medical Association (IHMA) is part of Kerala Government's RAECH (Rapid Action Epidemic Control Cell, Homoeopathy) programme which officially looks after all epidemic activities in Kerala.

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(With ncy Inputs) 

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11:18 IST, April 29th 2020