Reported Medical Practices on Prevention, Management of Vector Borne and Infectious Diseases Through Ayurveda and Siddha- A Technical report

The concepts of epidemics is very well defined and established in Ayurveda and Siddha. Numerous methods of prevention and controls of epidemics, measures for environmental sanitation finds an important place in Ayurvedic and Siddha literatures. Considering this, AYUSH emphasized that the reported episodes of treatment/claims of Vector Borne diseases in vogue are documented systematically. The council initiated a multicenter intramural project and the information gathered from various sources viz. Ayurvedic colleges, physicians from Ayurveda, Siddha Hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, private physicians, local healers, NGOs, etc. has been systematically recorded and documented