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Thursday, 16 June 2022

Poison in Ayurvedic Drugs

  

Many people believe that "herbal" is a synonym for "safe", but in ayurvedic medicines, if not prepared as prescribed in rasa shastras can, in fact, turn deadly with metals like lead or mercury 😞.  A retired IAS officer and secretary, revenue appeals, G J Champaneri found himself critically ill with severe weight loss, alarmingly low haemoglobin levels, loss of appetite and neurological weakness with wrist drop, making it difficult for him even to hold a cup of tea. After a lot of medical consultations, he was diagnosed with lead poisoning ostensibly caused by ayurvedic diabetes medication he had started for better sugar control.

As reported in Times of India, 31 March 2017. Cutting of which is below 👇


31st March 2017
Poison in Ayurvedic Drugs (31st March 2017)

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