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Use of toxic metals in Ayurveda

Rasa shastra, the follow of adding metals, minerals or gems to herbs, could have nephrotoxic serious metals like lead, mercury and arsenic. Adverse reactions to herbs owing to their medicine are represented in ancient ayurvedic texts; however ayurvedic practitioners are reluctant to admit that herbs might be nephrotoxic which reliable data on seasoner toxicity isn't promptly accessible. And there's communication gap between fashionable drugs practitioners and Ayurvedic practitioners. According to a 1990 study on ayurvedic medicines in Republic of India, forty one p.c of the merchandise tested contained arsenic, and sixty four p.c contained lead and mercury. A twenty04 study found nephrotoxic levels of serious metals in 20 p.c of ayurvedic preparations created in South Asia and sold  within the Beantown space, and complete that ayurvedic merchandise exhibit serious health risks and will be tested for heavy-metal contamination. A twenty08 study of over 230 merchandise f...