<p>An integrated medicine approach in treating coronavirus patients not only shortened their stay in hospital but also helped the infected recover faster, revealed a study by Siddha doctors initiated when the pandemic was at the peak in Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>The overall median length of stay was 12 days for those who were administered zinc, vitamin c tablets, as advised by the state government and Kabasura Kudineer, a Siddha polyherbal formulation, which was advised by the union Ayush ministry, claims a survival analysis study. The study was to assess the length of stay of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) patients under Integrated Medicine - Zinc, Vitamin C and Kabasura Kudineer, carried out by the team of government Siddha doctors at the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital Coimbatore.</p>.<p>According to Dr Sathya Rajeswaran, Director in-charge, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, the data was collected from confirmed Covid-19 cases admitted in GMC & ESI Hospital Coimbatore.</p>.<p>"In our study, no death was reported," he said.</p>.<p>The study was carried out on patients admitted from April 26, 2020.</p>.<p>Their discharges were taken for analysis upto May 5, 2020.</p>.<p>The outcome of the study was published in the European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, recently.</p>.<p>Out of 251 Covid positive cases, included in the study, 151 had close contact with positive cases, 94 had travel history through containment zones like Delhi, and one person had a travel history to Kashmir and only the remaining 5 were free from travel history.</p>.<p>The duration of hospital stay varied from 1-36 days.</p>.<p>Nearly 5.2 percent of the patients were above 60 years, 75.3 percent were aged 20-60 years, and the remaining 19.5 percent were 0-20 group.</p>.<p>All the 251 positive cases were admitted to the hospital and of them 141 were male, 83 were female, 12 boys, and 15 were girls, a senior Siddha doctor at the Central Council for Research in Siddha, Chennai, told PTI.</p>.<p>Fever and cough were the main symptoms of the patients while some displayed respiratory distress and others were asymptomatic.</p>.<p>All positive cases who turned negative and were discharged from hospital were considered for study, Dr Sathya Rajeswaran added.</p>
<p>An integrated medicine approach in treating coronavirus patients not only shortened their stay in hospital but also helped the infected recover faster, revealed a study by Siddha doctors initiated when the pandemic was at the peak in Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>The overall median length of stay was 12 days for those who were administered zinc, vitamin c tablets, as advised by the state government and Kabasura Kudineer, a Siddha polyherbal formulation, which was advised by the union Ayush ministry, claims a survival analysis study. The study was to assess the length of stay of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) patients under Integrated Medicine - Zinc, Vitamin C and Kabasura Kudineer, carried out by the team of government Siddha doctors at the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital Coimbatore.</p>.<p>According to Dr Sathya Rajeswaran, Director in-charge, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, the data was collected from confirmed Covid-19 cases admitted in GMC & ESI Hospital Coimbatore.</p>.<p>"In our study, no death was reported," he said.</p>.<p>The study was carried out on patients admitted from April 26, 2020.</p>.<p>Their discharges were taken for analysis upto May 5, 2020.</p>.<p>The outcome of the study was published in the European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, recently.</p>.<p>Out of 251 Covid positive cases, included in the study, 151 had close contact with positive cases, 94 had travel history through containment zones like Delhi, and one person had a travel history to Kashmir and only the remaining 5 were free from travel history.</p>.<p>The duration of hospital stay varied from 1-36 days.</p>.<p>Nearly 5.2 percent of the patients were above 60 years, 75.3 percent were aged 20-60 years, and the remaining 19.5 percent were 0-20 group.</p>.<p>All the 251 positive cases were admitted to the hospital and of them 141 were male, 83 were female, 12 boys, and 15 were girls, a senior Siddha doctor at the Central Council for Research in Siddha, Chennai, told PTI.</p>.<p>Fever and cough were the main symptoms of the patients while some displayed respiratory distress and others were asymptomatic.</p>.<p>All positive cases who turned negative and were discharged from hospital were considered for study, Dr Sathya Rajeswaran added.</p>