<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to consider a plea to direct use of ‘Red Ant Chutney’ to effectively boost immunity and prevent the infection of Covid-19 virus among people.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli said there is a lot of traditional knowledge, but it cannot be used as a cure for Covid-19.</p>.<p>“These remedies you can have for your own consumption. But we cannot ask for applying this traditional knowledge across the country,” the bench said.</p>.<p>The plea claimed that “Red Ant Chutney” has a medicinal value as it contains formic acid, protein, calcium, Vitamin B12 and Zinc and its efficacy needs to be ascertained as a cure of Covid-19.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/health-ministry-says-one-vaccine-dose-prevents-966-covid-19-deaths-1028745.html" target="_blank">Health ministry says one vaccine dose prevents 96.6% Covid-19 deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>It further contended this chutney, a mixture of red ants and green chillies, in the tribal belts of the country including Odisha and Chhattisgarh is considered as a cure of flu, cough, common cold, fatigue, breathing problems and other ailments.</p>.<p>Advocate Anirudha Sanganeria, appearing for the petitioner Nayadhar Padhial, an engineer, challenged the Orissa High Court order which had dismissed his plea.</p>.<p>The top court asked the petitioner, a member of tribal community of Odisha to get vaccinated for Covid and dismissed the plea.</p>.<p>The petitioner said he had earlier approached the CSIR, which expressed its inability and rejected the claim on the basis of lack of expertise.</p>.<p>The Ayush ministry too rejected the claim.</p>.<p>The bench said the High Court should not have directed the director general of Ayush ministry and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to take within three months a decision on a proposal.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to consider a plea to direct use of ‘Red Ant Chutney’ to effectively boost immunity and prevent the infection of Covid-19 virus among people.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli said there is a lot of traditional knowledge, but it cannot be used as a cure for Covid-19.</p>.<p>“These remedies you can have for your own consumption. But we cannot ask for applying this traditional knowledge across the country,” the bench said.</p>.<p>The plea claimed that “Red Ant Chutney” has a medicinal value as it contains formic acid, protein, calcium, Vitamin B12 and Zinc and its efficacy needs to be ascertained as a cure of Covid-19.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/health-ministry-says-one-vaccine-dose-prevents-966-covid-19-deaths-1028745.html" target="_blank">Health ministry says one vaccine dose prevents 96.6% Covid-19 deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>It further contended this chutney, a mixture of red ants and green chillies, in the tribal belts of the country including Odisha and Chhattisgarh is considered as a cure of flu, cough, common cold, fatigue, breathing problems and other ailments.</p>.<p>Advocate Anirudha Sanganeria, appearing for the petitioner Nayadhar Padhial, an engineer, challenged the Orissa High Court order which had dismissed his plea.</p>.<p>The top court asked the petitioner, a member of tribal community of Odisha to get vaccinated for Covid and dismissed the plea.</p>.<p>The petitioner said he had earlier approached the CSIR, which expressed its inability and rejected the claim on the basis of lack of expertise.</p>.<p>The Ayush ministry too rejected the claim.</p>.<p>The bench said the High Court should not have directed the director general of Ayush ministry and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to take within three months a decision on a proposal.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
