After five coronavirus cases and three deaths in the locality, a senior resident of Tareti village in Mahesana district sets up booth to provide medicinal steam to all villagers, free of cost
The steam centre near the panchayat office in Tareti village
The initiative was taken after the village saw five COVID cases and three deaths. Having learnt that steam can help fight the virus, Haresh Patel, created the centre called, Medicinal Steam Centre, near the panchayat office. Each villager takes steam twice daily.
Patel said, “Three people have died in our village amid the second wave. COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms are advised to drink plain hot water or with lemon juice and take steam. However, purchasing steam machines is not possible for all villagers. So we started the steam centre two days ago.”
A woman takes steam at the Medicinal Steam Centre in the village
“The steam centre operates from 7 am to noon and from 5 pm to 7 pm,” Patel said.
Patel added, “To create the steam, we use a big round vessel in which we add leaves of heart-leaved moonseed (giloy), neem, mor (it mostly grows on mango trees), ginger and cloves and boil the ingredients in water. Then the steam is given through a pipe connected to the cabin. The village has around 600 homes and around 3,000 people taking steam two-three times a day. There is a long queue every day.”
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