While the Maharashtra government on Friday (July 3), threatened to take action against Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali for claiming that their Coronil tablets prove to be effective in treating corona patients, its municipal corporations are aggressively promoting the use of ‘unani kadha’ to protect against the virus.

Municipal Commissioner Aziz Sheikh said that efforts are underway to make use of unani kadha in fighting the spread of corona virus.

The Dhule Municipal Corporation is doling out unani kadha to boost the immunity of frontline workers and to the residents of the city. The Municipal Coporation along with the district administration and Khatun Education Society’s Al Ameen Unani Medical College in Malegaon distributed unani kadha at the district court premises. Several dignitaries like Justice A.H. Syed, District Judge J.A. Sheikh, Secretary of District Legal Services Authority Dr. G.U. Dongre participated and endorsed the unani kadha as an immunity booster against the virus.It assured that it will be made available in other institutions and administrative bodies as well.

This action comes in the wake of Maharashtra government warning Patanjali of action under Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. It however said that Patanjali can advertise Coronil as immunity booster.

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali launched a new pill called Coronil which it claims it can cure coronavirus infection within a 14-day course of taking the medicine. He added that the medicine was tested in a placebo-controlled clinical trial with COVID-19 patients on a randomized testing basis. The Ayush Ministry came out in response to this, saying that Coronil is not to be marketed or advertised until all of the claims put forth by the Patanjali Group were proven to be credible. Patanjali claims of having licensed Coronil as a treatment for COVID-19 infections, to which the ministry has refuted requesting Uttarakhand Government’s licensing authority to furnish proper product approval details.

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Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali has launched a new pill called Coronil, which claims that it can cure coronavirus infection within a 14-day course of taking the medicine.

This medicine has been launched after joint research conducted by the National Institute of Medical Science, Jaipur, and Patanjali’s Research Institute in Haridwar. While talking about this, Baba Ramdev had said that this will be launched in all of their stores in the following week. He added that the medicine was tested in a placebo-controlled clinical trial with COVID-19 patients on a randomized testing basis.

The Indian Council for Medical Research, however, refused to endorse this, saying that that they do not deal with ayurvedic medicines, AYUSH Ministry does.

The Ayush Ministry came out in response to this, saying that Coronil is not to be marketed or advertised until all of the claims put forth by the Patanjali Group were proven to be credible. This comes following a statement issued by the ministry that said that advertisements of drugs including Ayurvedic medicines are regulated under the provisions of Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 and Rules, and that the company is prohibited from advertisement, marketing, or selling of this medication without proper proof of approval. A Gazette Notification No. L.11011/8/2020/AS dated 21st April, 2020 was also issued probing about the details of the clinical trials and how they were conducted.

Notably, Patanjali claims of having licensed Coronil as a treatment for COVID-19 infections, to which the ministry has refuted requesting Uttarakhand Government’s Licensing Authority to furnish proper product approval details.

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