Absorbability of arsenic and lead in traditional Ayurvedic medicines
Researchers at the Royal Military College of Canada, tested 42 medicines.
Lead poisoning associated with Ayurvedic drug treatment in India
Using herbal/Ayurvedic medicine may lead to plumbism as heavy metals are often incorporated in such medications with the belief that...
Detection of toxic heavy metals in herbal plants
Researchers at the National Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Research, in Punjab, India, report on a few local samples of certain...
NCCAM reviews reiki and ayurvedic
 The National Center for Contemporary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has updated their introductory reviews. Here’s what’s important.
Mercury, arsenic, and lead levels in herbals
Researchers from the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, in The Netherlands measured levels in Asian traditional herbal preparations that...
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Herbals and lead levels in Americans
The relationship between supplements and lead levels in blood has been an ongoing project for researchers in Boston. In this...
Making ayurveda an international medical system
Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is the former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research in India. During...
Ayurvedic and the risk of heavy metal poisoning
What’s been published recently suggests there’s likely to be a problem. Have we reached a tipping point?
Toxins in Ayurvedic meds on the web
Researchers from Boston and Bangalore, India ask, what’s the risk of getting lead, mercury, and arsenic in the Ayurvedic medicines...
Arsenic toxicity from Ayurvedic
Lead, mercury, and (oh yeah) arsenic intoxication have been associated with Ayurvedic herbal medicines. Here’s an account of one patent’s...
Going to court over the lead content in Ayurvedic meds
A woman from Iowa has filed a lawsuit claiming she contracted lead poisoning from a Maharishi herbal product. She apparently...
Toxic metals and pesticides in the ayurvedic formulation, Dashmoola
Dashmoola is a popular herbal formulation in ayurvedic medicine. It’s used to reduce fever and modify the immune response. In...
Ayurvedic lead poisoning results in greater toxicity than lead paint intoxication
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston believe, “the United States Food and Drug Administration and corresponding agencies...
Councilman requests city funding for Ayurvedic therapies
Today, more than 400 firefighters and other 9/11 responders are taking 4 pills composed of up to 20 herbs twice...
High risk of heavy metals in Ayurvedic medicines
A recent post here summarized the risks associated with lead blood levels. It’s more toxic than was previously believed. And...
Lead: More toxic than we thought
In addition to Ayurvedic medicines, certain traditional or folk medications used in East Indian, Middle Eastern, West Asian, and Hispanic...
The rationale for adding lead to medicine
Everybody in the west knows that lead is toxic, right? We spend lots of money removing lead paint from the...
Lead poisoning and ayurvedic medicines
The New York Times Magazine published a travelogue by a San Francisco woman who spent time In India as an...
Ayurveda: Struggling within itself
It’s easy to be critical of ayurveda ? a “natural healing system” developed in India. The immediate problems, from a...