Government recommends Homoeopathy, Ayurveda to ‘prevent’ coronavirus infection Jacob Koshy NEW DELHI 29 JANUARY 2020 22:42 IST UPDATED: 30 JANUARY 2020 07:50 IST https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/government-recommends-homoeopathy-ayurveda-to-prevent-coronavirus-infection/article30686644.ece Panned on social media, the advisory was later modified but with its recommendations left largely untouched With the world gripped by the contagion of the novel coronavirus strain from China that has so far claimed at least 130 lives and infected 6,000 people across the world, India’s Ministry of traditional medicine or AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy) on Wednesday issued an “advisory” advocating preventive treatment against the viral infection. The note was widely circulated via the official Press Information Bureau. “Drink Shadang Paniya (Musta, Parpat, Usheer, Chandan,Udeechya & Nagar) processed water (10 gm powder boiled in 1-litre water, until it reduces to half...