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. 2020 Jun 12. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2020.05.011

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)