NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Y Naik on Thursday said that India is planning to test traditional medicine formulations to treat novel coronavirus infection.

Taking it to Twitter, the minister said that the trials on these traditional medicine formulations will start soon. The Ayush Ministry will be working with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) to conduct the trials. 'The @moayush & the @CSIR_IND are working together on validating four Ayush formulations against #COVID19Pandemic and the trials will start within one week. These formulations will be tried as an add-on therapy and standard care for COVID-19 patients," he posted.

The four candidates used for trial will be Ashwagandha, Yashtimadhu, Guduchi Pippali and AYUSH-64 that was invented for treating Malaria.