Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: February | Volume: 11 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 130-141
Yoga Therapy for Immunomodulation (Prevent & Cure) of COVID-19
Herath Kumara Bandarage Minrupa Suramraji Karunaratne
Senior Lecturer in Swasthavritta (Social and Preventive Medicine) and Yoga, Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Yakkala, Sri Lanka.
ABSTRACT
Corona virus disease (Covid 19) is newly discovered viral infectious disease; which has spread all over the world. World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30th January 2020. This study is a literature review; searches were carried out to find out the role of yoga; on immunomodulation related to the prevention and cure in Covid 19, by using popular search engines, including Google and Google Scholar within the period of 04 months. The results were interpreted as percentages of collected total articles. Seventy articles were reviewed and 100 % of the articles showed (directly or indirectly) yoga has immunomodulatory role. Thirty nine articles (56%) were proved that yoga is beneficial in reducing sign and symptoms of Covid 19. The present study found that yoga has immunomodulatory role and yoga therapy can be applied for the prevention and cure of Covid 19 ("Novel Corona Virus"). Yoga, meditation & other yogic practices enhance the overall immunity, specially Jala Nethi and Pranayama are very important yoga therapies for the prevention and cure of Covid 19.
Key words: Corona virus, Jala Neti, Pranayama.