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Corona Virus: Thoughts on Respiratory Health and Immunity

Anjali Sunita
8 min readNov 19, 2020

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Strengthening the Lungs and Immune System through Ayurveda

Throughout the history of the world, humans have faced pandemics, diseases which affect whole countries or the entire world. Sheepishly I admit, I have not even heard of some of them, but it would be impossible to live in the modern world without hearing about the current corona virus, COVID-19 .

While I first wrote this article in March 2020 and much has changed since then, much remains the same. According to the world health organization common signs of any corona virus infection include “respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death”. Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread of corona viruses in general “include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs. Avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing.” (- World Health Organization). These are called NPIs or Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions.

This is a time (like all times) when I look to some of the information that I have learned from sources with old medicine systems, like Ayurveda, full of other…

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Anjali Sunita
Anjali Sunita

Written by Anjali Sunita

As a writer, yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic consultant, Anjali shares globally with focus on tradition & accessibility. www.villlagelifewellness.com

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