Gandhinagar: The stage is now set in Gujarat to test the efficacy of medicine derived from five main products extracted from cattle – milk, butter, ghee, dung and urine – to treat COVID-19.

Vallabh Kathiria, Chairman of Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, told media that the clinical trials of the medicine will begin soon, using protocol used to test allopathic medicines in 10 hospitals across the country beginning with Rajkot, a city in Gujarat.

The chairman, who is also an allopathy doctor, stated that the effectiveness of five elements, also known as Panchgavya, can be found in the Ayurveda for the treatment of certain ailments and there is a possibility that this medicine may provide an effective treatment or cure for coronavirus as well.

The medicine, which is made from all five elements, is reportedly in granular form and supposed to be consumed with milk or water.

Explaining the methodology, the doctor said patients willing to take this treatment will be given the medicine and the results will be observed on the basis of the scientific and modern norms of clinical trials.