India is seeing an alarming spike in COVID-19 positive cases. It has long surpassed Italy and is now the fifth worst affected country. Despite the best efforts of scientists across the world no cure or vaccine is available yet. In view of this the government is trying to come up with solutions to treat patients affected with this deadly pandemic. The Ministry of AYUSH has also come up with a list of ayurvedic formulations including ashwagandha and giloy that will be tried as an add-on therapy for COVID-19 infection. More recently Baba Ramdev said that herbs like giloy and ashwagandha