Ayurveda Self-Management for Flu Like Symptoms During the Covid-19 Outbreak

Ayurveda Self-Management for Flu Like Symptoms in People Self-Isolated for 7 Days During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04345549

Enrollment

Registered

2020-04-14

Start date

2020-02-26

Completion date

2020-03-30

Last updated

2020-04-14

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Conditions

Flu Like Illness, Flu Like Symptom

Brief summary

From the end of January 2020, Coronavirus disease 2019 began to spread in United Kingdom (UK). During the same time, seasonal flu continued to circulate across the UK. With similar course of management at early stages, flu like symptoms were self-isolated to prevent the spread and further complications of infection. Present study aimed to evaluate the effect of self-managed Ayurveda on flu like symptoms in people who self-isolated at home for 7-days in March 2020 during the Covid-19 outbreak in UK.

Interventions

OTHERIndividualised Ayurveda

Saline warm water gargle, Steam, Paracetamol for body temperature and plenty fluid and rest, Food and herbs recommendation as per individual Ayurveda constitution, Using Ginger/ lemon/ turmeric/ honey recommended as per individual, Yoga breathing

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Flu like symptoms present at least one respiratory symptom (e.g. cough, nasal obstruction, sore throat) and at least one constitutional symptom other than fever (e.g. fatigue, headache, myalgias) of less than 48-hour duration * Willing to consent and follow up

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant/lactating * Participants with chronic pulmonary diseases or critical condition or already developed severe respiratory distress * Clinically malignancies, systemic infection, other medical or psychiatric condition which places the subject at unacceptable risk to participate in the study - Known hypersensitivity to any ayurveda herbal substances

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Time to achieve afebrile	From Baseline to 3rd and 7th-days of intervention	Time to bring down a fever (oral temperature \< 37.2˚C)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Severity of influenza symptom score	Twice daily from Day 1 to Day 7	Symptoms diary card completed twice daily from Day 0 to Day 7

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026