AYUSH Ministry asks Ramdev to explain Covid-19 medicine claim, stop advertising Coronil, Swasari Vati and Anu Taila

AYUSH Ministry asks Ramdev to explain Covid-19 medicine claim, stop advertising Coronil, Swasari Vati and Anu Taila

Yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved first Ayurvedic medicine to cure Covid-19. At the launch in Haridwar, Ramdev claimed that ‘Coronil tablet’, ‘Swasari Vati’ and ‘Anu Taila’ had shown “100 per cent favourable results” during clinical trials on Covid-19 patients. He claimed that a clinical controlled study was done in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Meerut and other cities. During the trial, he claimed, 69 per cent patients recovered in 3 days, while the recovery rate over a period of seven days was 100 per cent.  

the issue is duly examined. The ministry has also requested the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority to provide copies of the license and product approval details of the Ayurvedic medicines which the company has claimed will treat Covid-19. On June 2, the AYUSH Ministry had issued a circular to the principal secretaries of all states to take necessary action “against instances of misleading information, fake claims and misbranding”.

During the launch Tuesday, Ramdev also claimed that the medicine, manufactured by Haridwar-based Divya Pharmacy and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, is the result of a joint research of Patanjali Research Institute