Recently, IMA has sent a notice to health minister of Kerala. The recent statement made by Kerala health minister K. K Shailaja on the ability of homeo-medicine in stopping COVID-19 has triggered a discussion. Even though the Kerala government has begun free distribution of homeo-medicine ‘Arsenicum Album 30C’ to all the households as a COVID-19 preventive drug in April, it is the health minister’s remarks which sparked a heated debate. During the virtual inauguration of the new building of the homoeopathy medical college in Kozhikode, the health minister pointed to a study conducted by Dr. Biju Kumar, district medical officer (Homoeopathy) Pathanamthitta district.

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According to the study, ‘Arsenicum Album 30C’is effective in increasing immunity and preventing the virus infection. Soon after the minister’s remarks favouring homoeo drug’s role in COVID-19 prevention, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Kerala chapter came up with sharp criticism. As per the IMA, the health minister’s statement will send out a wrong message to the public as the study does not have scientific evidence.

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However, the Homoeopathic Association affirms that the IMA is prejudiced to other streams of medicine. According to them, homoeo drugs are better preventives against COVDI-19 as they will boost immunity. In Panthalam municipality, homoeo immunity booster drug was distributed to more than 2000 people in two wards in July after two persons in the area tested positive for the virus. The 107 persons in the primary contact list of the patients were quarantined and given the drug. After six days, samples of the 107 primary contacts were tested negative.

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