Published
Ayurvedic management through telemedicine of COVID hypoxia
Dr A Sudheer and Dr G Meera · Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
A peer-reviewed case report. Ask the clinic for the citation if you would like to read it.
Research and recognition
Work that was written down.
A case report in a peer-reviewed journal, a comparison across a thousand hospital admissions, a preventive programme covering 19,084 people, and an evening at Raj Bhavan.
Public health, 2020–21
What the clinic did during the pandemic.
Telemedicine at scale
280 COVID cases were documented at Sreehareeyam through telemedicine, of around 3,000 cases seen across both waves. Team Dhanvantari — a voluntary group of senior yoga practitioners and Ayurveda doctors — was organised at Sreehareeyam to serve the first wave in June 2020.
Integrated care at Anand Hospital, Meerut
Sreehareeyam headed the telemedicine team of the COVID ICU at Anand Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, during September–October 2020, working alongside Dr Sanjay Jain MBBS MS, who prescribed conventional medicine for the same cases. A longitudinal analysis of 1,000 patients admitted from 1 May 2020 and discharged after recovery found that those given Ayurvedic medicine in an integrated approach recovered significantly faster than those who were not.
t₈₄₈ = 15.1; p < 0.0001, two-tailed unpaired t-test
Village prevention programme
Ayurvedic preventive medicines — Indukantha kashayam, Sudarsana choornam, AYUSH Kwath and Aswagandha choornam — were given to 4,911 families covering over 19,084 people across twelve villages, and studied over three months.
- Kattiyampandhal
- Salavakkam
- Kurumparai
- Seethapuram
- Nellimedu
- Iyampettai
- Idayampudoor
- Pullipakkam
- Seethanacherry
- Sathanancherry
- Kavithandalam
- Kavoor
Seva Bharathi, Meerut
Dr Meera and Dr Sudheer gave voluntary tele-consultation for COVID-affected people in Uttar Pradesh through Seva Bharathi in May 2021.
These are records of clinical and public-health activity, and of a published analysis. They are not offered as a claim of cure, and nothing here should be read as a promise of outcome for any individual. Ayurvedic treatment is decided case by case after assessment.
14 December 2023 · Bharathiyar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Chennai
An AYUSH dream come true.
Sreehareeyam co-ordinated the felicitation of 33 AYUSH doctors by His Excellency Thiru R.N. Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu.
The lamp
Lit by His Excellency along with Dr Meera Sudheer and other dignitaries. Tamaso mā Jyotir Gamaya — may the world live disease-free, may AYUSH flourish.
A book, 437 years to the day
Dr Ayyappan Kariyat presented his Narayaneeya Sahasranamam — the 1,008 names of Krishna drawn from the Narayaneeyam. The Narayaneeyam’s final chapter, Ayur-Arogya-Soukhyam, was composed by Bhattatiri at Guruvayur in 1586. Its anniversary fell, by chance, on the very day the 33 AYUSH experts were felicitated.
Dhanvantari in gold
Dr Sudheer presented a gold-coated idol of Dhanvantari, marking the god of Indian medicine taking his place in the Indian Medical Council’s emblem.
Keynote
Dr G Meera
- The budget allocation of some ₹80,000 crore to modern medicine against some ₹3,000 crore to AYUSH
- The readiness of AYUSH doctors during COVID
- The necessity of unity within AYUSH
- An AYUSH university for Tamil Nadu
- The media’s responsibility towards AYUSH
- Proper AYUSH enablement as the only remedy for NEET aspirants’ disappointment
- Scientific research inclusive of AYUSH
Keynote
Dr Sudheer
- Introducing scientific innovation into Ayurveda
- Creation of an Ayurvedic model of the human body
- Designing research on the Ayurvedic model
- The futility of squeezing Ayurveda research into existing scientific approaches
The awardees named that evening
- Dr Vanitha Muralikumar BAMS MD — Dhanwanthralaya Ayurvedic Hospital
- Dr P.L.T. Girija BAMS — Sanjeevani Ayurveda & Yoga Centre
- Dr Veeracholan BAMS
- Dr Mehmooda Begum BUMS
- Dr Karra Nishteswar BAMS MD PhD
- Dr PHC Murthy BAMS MD
- Sri V Krishnaswamy Iyer (posthumous)
- Vaidya Kalanidhi Y Mahadevan Iyer (posthumous)
33 AYUSH doctors were felicitated in total; the list above is those named on the record.
IMPCOPS
The Indian Medical Practitioners’ Co-operative Pharmacy and Stores Ltd.
IMPCOPS was established in 1944 and has 17,000 members comprising traditional vaidyas and AYUSH practitioners. It manufactures around 1,000 traditional preparations. Dr G Meera is one of sixteen elected directors for the 2022–2027 term, under the presidency of Dr Kannan BSMS MD, and focuses on developing research on AYUSH medicines in association with prominent scientific institutions including IIT Chennai.
- Established
- 1944
- Members
- 17,000
- Preparations
- around 1,000
In the press
They write for a national daily.
Different aspects of Ayurveda, written by Dr Meera and Dr Sudheer, appearing in a prestigious Tamil daily. Not interviews given once — a standing body of health writing, in Tamil, on everything from autoimmune disease to what a therapy is and is not.
- 01 Epidemics during the spring season (Vasanta Kalam)
- 02 Cholera treatment through Ayurveda — interview with Dr G Meera
- 03 Ayurveda and autoimmune diseases
- 04 You cannot call Ayurvedic therapy a massage
- 05 Shirodhara — for a healthy head
- 06 All about Janu Vasti
- 07 Kashayam to aid digestion
- 08 Exam fever
- 09 Drinking a glass of milk is like drinking a glass of hormones — getting rid of hormonal issues
- 10 Can increased consumption of iodised salt cause thyroid issues?
- 11 Free medical camp for the Irulas of Seethanacherry
- 12 Sanga Ilakkiyam in 15 languages
Elsewhere
- Ayurveda and epidemics — an appeal by Dr G Meera
- Seasonal regimen for winter — by Dr G Meera
Published in Dinamalar, in Tamil. Ask the clinic for copies or translations of any of these.