Metallic Toxicity in Ayurveda Medicines

Monika¹, Madhuri Gupta², Jyoti Singh³

^1,2 Amity Institute of Forensic Science, Amity University, Noida¹

³Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India²

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.47191/ijahm/v15i3.06

ABSTRACT: 

Ayurveda is a form of traditional medicine originating in India. It uses a combination of remedies and lifestyle modification to treat disease and maintain health. Heavy metals found in Ayurvedic remedies include lead, arsenic, and mercury etc. [1] During the traditional preparation of Bhasma the metal is “purified-out” through multiple cooling and heating cycles and by addition of specific “mineral herbs.” In modern formulation of medicines, the concentration of heavy metals may be excessive because poor quality control allows for contamination, adulteration, or improper purification. In trace amount it cannot cause any harm but if we take it for long term or as chronic exposure, it can cause many problems in body even death also can be occurred by store in our body parts. As we know Indian people believes in ayurvedic more than allopathy medicine, so I collected the samples of medicines for examination of ayurvedic medicine which is taken majorly. We examine it for identify their properties and detection of heavy metals by some chemical methods and instrumentation method.[2] 

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