Table 3.
Ayurvedic clinical assessment of COVID-19.
Type of Disease | Saṅkrāmika (Contagious, Communicable) |
Impact of Disease | Janapadodhvaṃsa (Affects large number of human settlements) |
Disease Nomenclature | Jvara (Fever) |
Āgantujvara (Fever of exogeneous origin) | |
Bhutābhiṣaṅgajvara (Fever caused by invasion of pathogens) | |
Specific Etiology | Viṣakṛmijanya (Caused by virulent pathogen) |
Doṣavaiṣamya (Nature of doṣa imbalance) | Sannipāta (Derangement of all three doṣas) |
Doṣavikalpa (Granularity of doṣa imbalance) | Vatakaphapradhāna Pittānubandha (Dominance of Vāta and Kapha with association of Pitta) |
Dūṣya (Body elements affected) | Rasa (In early stage), Rakta (In late stage) |
Srotas (Affected body channels) | Prāṇavaha, Udakavaha, Annavaha (Cough and Dyspnoea) , Rasavaha (Fever), Raktavaha (Complications) |
Rogamārga (Disease Pathways) | Koṣṭha, Śākhā (In early stage), Madhyama (In late stage) |
Upadrava (Complications) | Śvāskṛcchratā (Shortness of breath), Marmopaghāta (Damage to vital organs) |
Vyadhisvabhava (Nature of Disease) | Āśukārī (Acute) |
Sukhasādhyatā (Favourable Prognosis) | Alpaliṅgatva (Mild Symptoms), Ekarogamārgatva (Affects only one disease pathway), Balam (Immunity), Yauvanam (Younger age) |
Kṛcchrasādhyatā (Difficulty to manage) | Madhyaliṅgatva (Moderate Symptoms), Śvāsakṛcchratā (Shortness of breath), Śākhāgatatva (Involvement of external disease pathway) |
Asādhyatā (Bad Prognosis) | Vibaddhadoṣatva (Doṣas in mutual opposition), Pūrṇalingatva (Full range of symptoms), Agnināśa (Digestive and metabolic crisis), Vārdhakya (Old age), Rogasaṅkara (Co-morbidities), Marmagatatva (Involvement of vital organs) |