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Dating back around 3000 years ago, a natural system of medicine came into existence as 'Ayurveda'- the term (Ayur) is derived from the Sanskrit word that means life whereas (Veda) is the science or knowledge, giving the term a holistic mean as 'Knowledge of Life' or 'Science of Life'. We can find many descriptions on health diseases in the fourth Vedic scripture called 'Atharva Veda' and Ayurveda is believed to be its supplementary subject that lays emphasis over the inter-connectivity between mind, body and spirit to lead a healthy life. The most earliest document that was codified is believed to be the 'Charaka Samhita' which is a comprehensive text on ancient Indian medicine that highlights the importance of diet, hygiene, prevention of diseases through the use of natural substances and so on. This stream was descended and extended by the sage Atreya, a renowned scholar of Ayurveda. Whereas, 'Shushruta Samhita' which is a collection of...

Age of COVID-19 pandemic, January 2020 onwards, witnessed a great deal in terms of health and social values, forced us to overhaul our daily habits and routines, setting trends of new culture and lifestyle in a more conventional approach with the use of methods and beliefs prevailing thirty-forty decades back (daadi ma ke nuskhey aaj zyada samajh aatey hain), contemplating over use of more innovative tools and concepts to tackle the spread of pandemic and above all absence of verification of news and information shared across various social media platforms, websites and channels- having ability to inflict more disastrous effect on the population turning them into a mindless pot of despair. I, personally, encountered this term ' Infodemic ' lately during this pandemic on World Health Organisation 's website. It raised more curiosity within to lookout when, what and how this term actually came into existence, and guess what, it was startling to see that the whole world was un...

India will likely witness a third COVID wave in near future, the estimated time is not yet predicted by the experts. COVID-19 is by far one of the most important health issues that India is facing at the moment, as it has collapsed the overall health and medical infrastructure throughout the country. Over 4 lakhs of active cases were reported across the country in the last 24 hours. The cumulative death toll has reached to nearly 23 lakh mark, which is highly disturbing.   How the virus is transforming? Through its tenacity, the virus, ‘SARS-CoV-2’ is changing its basic nature and forming itself into a more lethal variant through the process of mutation. Now, these new mutations are bringing in changes to the spike protein giving the virus a better fit to the environment every time when it is being suppressed with the use of drugs or because of the selective pressure caused by vaccines. Most of the RNA viruses undergo several mutations but not all of those mutants are fatal. Only ...