Amaravati: The Government of Andhra Pradesh has allowed the distribution of a private doctor's ayurvedic medicine, which is believed to cure Covid-19. The move follows a report by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Studies.
According to the report, there is no evidence that ayurvedic medicine distributed by Bonigi Anandaiah can cure Covid-19, but it was found to be harmless.
Covid patients have been advised not to stop regular medicines when they use the three ayurvedic concoctions.
But no approval was given for eye drops made at the facility by the practitioner.
The High Court has instructed the government to submit a report on eye drops before next Thursday.
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On May 29, Anandaiah distributed a herbal medicine as cure for Covid-19 in Nellore's Krishnapatnam town and had been detained by district police, a leader of the Telugu Desam Party said.
Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy on Friday claimed the Ayurvedic practitioner Anandaiah was detained by police for "security reasons." "This is how police provide protection to the politicians or businessmen. The police stay at the person's residence when they provide security to the person. The person is not taken away from his home to provide him protection" Reddy pointed out.
The police took Anandaiah away on May 21 on the pretext of providing security. He returned to his home on Friday but was taken away after few hours of his return citing security reasons.
The TDP leader also alleged that Anandaiah was forced to prepare thousands of doses of his "ayurvedic concoction", at the behest of the local Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA, who was selling the medicine.
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Reddy also questioned the actions of district collector and superintendent of police with respect to Anandaiah.
"If you want to give security to Anandaiah, place two constables at his house. Detaining him under the pretext of security is not correct," Reddy said.
The TDP leader also demanded that the state government should take responsibility if anything untoward happens to Anandaiah due to the undue pressure being put on him.
Anandaiah was in the news after thousands of people flocked to Krishnapatnam where he was distributing the 'herbal medicine' for free claiming that it would prevent people from contracting COVID-19. The Nellore District Administration on May 21 stopped the distribution of the medicine.
The Nellore District Collector KVN Chakradhar Babu in a video message said that samples of the 'herbal preparation' have been sent to a lab in Hyderabad for analysis. He further said that the state government has decided to rope in the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for a deeper analysis of the issue.
(With inputs from ANI)
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