Kathmandu, Sept. 3 -- Nearly two years after the globalCovid-19 pandemicbegan, there has been a revival of traditional Ayurveda medicines that boost the human immune system. While some dismiss herbal treatments as quackery, even allopathic doctors are now prescribing Ayurvedic formulations.

During the pandemic, treatment protocols have shifted from treating the immediate symptoms to preventing multiple infections and better management ofpost-recovery complications.

Seriously sick patients do need hospitalisation, oxygen or even ventilators, and modern medicine is good at saving lives. However, it is in boosting immunity,preventing infections and whole-body healing that natural herbal medicines serve an important function.

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