Coronavirus

A coronavirus is a kind of common virus which affects respiratory organs including lungs.

Characteristics of Virus are:

• Viruses are a cellular, non-cytoplasmic infectious agents.
• They are smaller than bacteria, and this can pass through bacteriological filter.
• Viruses are transmissible from disease to healthy organisms.
• All viruses are obligate parasites and can multiply only within the living host cells.

Diagnosis

• Swab Test
• Antibody Test
• Oxymeter test
• Fever test

Symptoms

• Fever
• Coughing
• Shortness of breath
• Trouble breathing
• Fatigue
• Chills, sometimes with shaking
• Body aches
• Headache
• Sore throat
• Loss of smell or taste
• Nausea
• Diarrhea
• Chest Pain
• Can’t wake up fully
• Bluish lips or face
• Neddling pain in respiratory organs

Causes

• Infection with the new coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease.
• Low Immunity
• Spread through contact.

Risk Factors

• Recent travel from or residence in an area with ongoing community spread of COVID-19 as determined by CDC or WHO.
• Close contact (within 6 feet, or 2 meters) with someone who has COVID-19 for more than 5 minutes or being coughed or sneezed on by an infected person.

Complications

• Pneumonia and trouble breathing
• Organ failure in several organs
• Heart problems
• A severe lung condition that causes a low amount of oxygen to go through the bloodstream to the organs (acute respiratory distress syndrome)
• Blood clots
• Acute kidney injury
• Viral and bacterial infections

Naturopathy Treatment

• Mud pack on stomach
• Mud pack on chest
• Enema
• Alternate fomentation of stomach , chest, liver, kidney and upper back.
• Full body Massage with targeting all marma points.
• Massage of feet palm and head with til oil.
• Whole body wet sheet pack
• Chest pack (woollen cotton bandage)
• Wet friction bath before bed.
• Dry friction bath before daily bath.

Yoga

1. Mudras
   • Gyana Mudra
   • Vayu Mudra
   • Apana Mudra
   • Prana Mudra
   • Mukul Mudra ( keeping fingers on the chest region)
   • Asthma Mudra.
2. Pranayam
   • Nadishodhan
   • Anulom vilom
   • Bhastrika
   • Kapalbhati
   • Ujyayi
   • Bhramari
3. Sukshma vyayam of legs, hands griva chalan and eye movement.
4. Vajrasana samooh
   • Thunderpose(vajrasana)
   • Cat pose (marjari asana)
   • Tiger pose (vyaghra asana)
   • Frog pose (Mandookasana)
   • Camel pose (Ushtrasana)
   • Rabbit pose(shashank asana)
5. Yogasanas laying down on back
   • Suptaudrakarshanasan
   • Setubandha asana
   • Suptatadasana
6. Asanas laying down to stomach
   • Makrasana
   • Bhujangasana
   • Tiryakbhujangasana
   • Dhanurasana
7. Sitting pose
   • Nauka chalan
   • Chakki chalan
   •  Pashchimottanasan
   • Meru vakrasana
   • Padmasana
8. Standing pose
   • Tadasana
   •  Triyaktadasana
   • Katichakrasana
   • Vrikshasana
9. Suryanamskar completing with Shithalikaran
10. Shatkarma
    • Kunjar kriya
    • Shankh prakshalan

Key Notes

1. Patient should always take care of its own capacity. Capacity of movement, holding the posture and capacity of repetition
2. Always take care of heart beat while doing yoga it should be normal not so fast.
3. Yoga should be done with full consciousness on inner body and breathing, to get faster and positive results.
4. Yoga doesn’t have any negative effect but it is  necessary to make a proper yoga chart for a speedy recovery.
5. Sukshma vyayam, mudra and shithalikaran is equally necessary and beneficial so it shouldn’t  skipped.
6. Concentrate more on pranayama and avoid all kind of fast yoga and exercises.

Diet

First three weeks

The patient should take food which is easily digestible. The patient should be on liquids for atleast 3 weeks if the condition is very serious.

After three weeks

• In morning: 6am to7am
  • 10 pieces- Raisins, 2 pieces- Dates, Anjeer (soaked in water and grinded to make a solution).
• At 9am
  • One bowl of Daliya ( liquid)
  • One bowl of mix vegetables soup.
  • One Pulpy fruit
• 12 pm
  • One tablespoon of curd mixed with a glass of water
• 1.30 pm to 2 pm
  • Boiled Vegetable, soupy brown rice and one bowl of salad chopped minutely into pieces.
• 4pm
  • A glass of citrus juice. Sweet lime juice is always the best .
• 7pm to 8pm
  • Fox nuts(taal makhana), Daliya/ porridge, soup.
  • One Pulpy fruit ( mango is best in other season, chikoo or papaya or other pulpy fruit can be taken).
  • Before bed take a cup of warm water and a one inch piece of jaggery.

Myths and Truths

1. Myth – Coronavirus is incurable.
Truth – Coronavirus is curable, when Yoga and Naturopathy treatment is taken.
2. Myth – Eating Fruits or fruit juice makes the condition worse.
Truth – Sweet pulpy fruit and Citrus juice improves immunity and helps in fighting coronavirus.
3. Myth – Dry ginger, ginger, black pepper, are good for patient.
Truth – It makes the coronavirus worse. Consuming bitter things damages Mucus Membrane.
4. Myth – Hot compress is good and cold is bad.
Truth – Hot compress dilates the vein that improve the blood flow and remove toxins whereas after giving cold compression vein comes in its own shape, otherwise dilated vein will accumulate more toxin.

Do’s and Don’ts

Say YES to:

• Wake up before sunrise.
• Take proper rest.
• Pray and have positive and generous thoughts.
• Take pure natural satwik food.
• Milk, butter milk, sprouts, fox nuts dates, raisins, fig, honey, jaggery, and sweet pulpy fruits.
• Fruit juice and vegetable’s soup.

Strictly Prohibited

• Dairy products
• Bakery items
• Processed Food.
• Food that contains excessive of roughage, white rice, tea, coffee, pickles and watermelon.
• Ginger, Black pepper and Red chilly.
• Avoid to eat without hunger and over eating.

All the information available on this website is for education and awareness purposes only. Follow these practices only under the guidance of a trained Yoga and Naturopathy practitioner. Punam Agarwal and her Yoga and Naturopathy initiatives are not liable for any injuries caused during the process.