Meditation and Yoga Practices as Potential Adjunctive Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19: A Brief Overview of Key Subjects.
J Altern Complement Med
; 26(7): 547-556, 2020 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-612822
ABSTRACT
Editor's Note As an acute condition quickly associated with multiple chronic susceptibilities, COVID-19 has rekindled interest in, and controversy about, the potential role of the host in disease processes. While hundreds of millions of research dollars have been funneled into drug and vaccine solutions that target the external agent, integrative practitioners tuned to enhancing immunity faced a familiar mostly unfunded task. First, go to school on the virus. Then draw from the global array of natural therapies and practices with host-enhancing or anti-viral capabilities to suggest integrative treatment strategies. The near null-set of conventional treatment options propels this investigation. In this paper, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California-San Diego, Chopra Library for Integrative Studies, and Harvard University share one such exploration. Their conclusion, that "certain meditation, yoga asana (postures), and pranayama (breathing) practices may possibly be effective adjunctive means of treating and/or preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection" underscores the importance of this rekindling. At JACM, we are pleased to have the opportunity to publish this work. We hope that it might help diminish in medicine and health the polarization that, like so much in the broader culture, seems to be an obstacle to healing. -John Weeks, Editor-in-Chief, JACM.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Yoga
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Meditation
Topics:
Traditional medicine
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Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Altern Complement Med
Journal subject:
Complementary Therapies
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Acm.2020.0177
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