AyurVAID, the only Ayurveda hospital in the country to receive the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH)  accreditation, has stressed on the need to integrate ayurveda with modern medicine to avoid side effects of tuberculosis treatment and help in  faster recovery.

On the occasion of World TB Day observed annually on March 24, AyurVaid has stressed on the need to control side effects resulting from TB treatment.  The hospital chain has successfully treated several patients suffering with side effects of TB treatment, stated Dr Narayanan Namboodiri, Sr. Physician at AyurVAID Hospitals.

“Since the science of Ayurveda focuses on the  whole body and not just symptomatic management of side effects, we  can work jointly with allopathy in giving a TB patient the best of both medical systems for fastest recovery,” he added.

Classical Ayurveda has proven solutions to prevent potential side effects and accelerate patient recovery. While allopathic therapies are effective in treating TB currently, it has been reporting to manifest several side effects. TB drug  Isoniazid that is effective in controlling the TB bacteria is known to cause  side effects. Ayurveda has shown effectiveness in decreasing magnitude and frequency of fever, damage to liver & kidney, peripheral neuropathy, sleep disorder, rashes, itching, fatigue and debility, among patients suffering from the deadly disease, he explained.

Along with conventional allopathic drug therapy, classical ayurveda  treatment is recommended which may help the patient improve his immunity and fatigue levels besides preventing organ damage with the first-line anti-tuberculosis modern medication.

 “Classical Ayurveda therapeutic inputs is to improve the ‘agni’ or digestive fire. There is diet-medicine-treatment mode customized to the individual’s constitution and health status. Ayurveda medicines help in improving the bio-fire at the deep tissue level through ‘Snehapanam’ or administration of specific medicated ghee and mild to moderate cleansing therapies. There  are different varieties of classical Ayurveda cleansing therapies  like panchakarma kizhi, sirovasthi, sirodhara, along with virechana, vamana and  vasthi, are useful to cleanse, detoxify and activate the immune system. AyurVAID Hospitals joins the world today in observing ‘World TB Day’ and calls to lead a healthy lifestyle to build immunity”, stated Dr Namboodiri.