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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2004USA and other countries should ban importation of Ayurvedic medications that pose health risk
There have been confirmed reports (<http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5326a3.htm>) of certain Ayurvedic preparations imported from India that have caused serious health problems. These medications are being manufactured in India and imported in USA. They are being consumed without proper medical advice or quality control. Such importation should be banned by the respective governments. There is now increased interest in importing other types of Ayurvedic medications under the guise of, " Alternative Therapies." This is being done for making big profits since "Alternative Therapies" are becoming more and more popular. This is a dangerous practice. Most of the Ayurvedic medicines are prepared by the methods that were established hundreds of years ago. The same methods are even used today. These methods have poor quality control, and those who manufacture these medications are not using tests that can easily detect presence of heavy metals and other toxic substances. Now some of these Ayurvedic medications are being sold "online" (e.g. <www.Herbal-Provider.com> and <www.herbalremedies.com>). It would be appropriate for the Western countries to ban the importation of these types of medications, most of which have been tested clinically in statistically validated human patient trials for their effectiveness. There are other significant problems that are posed by use of Ayurvedic medications that are often sold "over-the-counter" form and these can interact with other prescribed medications. For information see (<http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1993;volume=39;issue=4 ;spage=179;epage=82,182a;aulast=Thatte>). Claim that "Ayurvedic Samskaras" convert extremely toxic substances into useful medicines is also unsubstantiated. (<http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1991;volume=37;issue=3 ;spage=157;epage=9;aulast=Thorat>) ......Balwant N. Dixit, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh > There have been confirmed reports > (<http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5326a3.htm>) of certain [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > or quality control. Such importation should be banned by the respective > governments. There shouldn't be any problem for India since it is now governed by loonies. As far as USA is concerned, this is not the right forum to make such a request. May be you should join Bush or Kerry's compaign and push your Indian loony views against Hindus. Pakis will be more than happy to fund your venture. Good luck!!! I just realized that you are one of those loonies. Think of it, that may be a very mild term to describe you. .....Balwant Dixit Talking about yourself again Ball Want Dick sh.t! > I just realized that you are one of those loonies. Think of it, that > may be a very mild term to describe you. .....Balwant Dixit NSA, Mr Dixit and the loony govt should be working on to handle troubled NE region rather than witch hunting for harmless NDA and Hindu leaders. Mr. B. Dixit, don't spend your energy on bashing Hindus, look at how venerable India has become since loony govt came into power!!! If you really love India, fight her real enemies. The Tribune editorial India as dustbin Alas, anything can be dumped here Once again, India's import regulatory mechanism stands exposed. Whether it is the disease-infected blood or live missiles and bombs, anything can be brought into this country. The meaning of liberalisation, it seems, has been stretched rather too far. One need not this time accuse the security forces of laxity in plugging the unauthorised channels in a porous international border. Frequent reports of human trafficking and drug smuggling have ceased to surprise. Tainted blood, bombs, mortar and missiles are the latest additions to the import agenda. And these were not secretly slipped into the country. The cargoes came through recognised, legal channels. As Ghaziabad exploded, experts immediately got busy expressing their outrage on TV channels at security lapses. Caught unawares, the government, however, failed to piece together a convincing explanation to a dismayed nation. The country also has a National Security Adviser, who, instead of coming out with a fact-based reasonable reaction, opted to take on the TV experts for sensationalising the issue. Like its control set-up, the government's response system too has been a letdown. The truth is no one seems to know for how long such imports as the deadly consignment from Iran have been coming into the country. What is not in doubt is that India has emerged as a convenient dumping ground for all types of waste, specially emanating from the developed world. There is hardly any agency to check the toxicity of the imported material. Small wonder, drugs and chemicals, banned in the West, are in circulation here. The entry into the country of the obnoxious congress grass should have alerted the government long ago to be vigilant to such dangers in future and put in place a reliable mechanism to ensure a strict check on undesirable imports. Liberalisation does not mean free for all for companies. The Ghaziabad episode should impel the government to fortify its regulatory mechanism. The more you write, obvious it becomes that you have no clue what you are writing about. May be you should show what you write to someone in an elementary school before you post it. You should get an award for irrelevancy of your thoughts and comments. But please do not take any "Ayurvedic brain tonics", or "Churnas" or "Bhasmas" since some of them might spoil your thinking further. Good luck in your efforts to protect Hindus and India. You should justify your name name "Virendra" by your actions.......BND i talked this over with a friend who is a leading cancer researcher at md anderson institute in houston which is the premier institute on cancer of world repute. according to him the cancer research community is paying a great deal of attention to ayurveda on many of the ageing related disorders, including arthritis, for cures. accordingly, you did not get lucky in working for aurvedic scholars of repute. may be your just a sleazy character who gets into sleazy company. yours is the story of commie - a filthy mind in filthy company. sorry. > The more you write, obvious it becomes that you have no clue what > you are writing about. May be you should show what you write to someone [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Hindus and India. You should justify your name name "Virendra" by your > actions.......BND Your friend needs to be more careful in making such unsubstantiated statements. Sure. Many scientists are looking at Ayurvedic, Chinese, Egyptian, Nigerian, Ghanian American Indian, South American Indian medicinal "cures" to learn more about these. But those efforts are a part of scientific inquiry as it should be. Your friend may be a great cancer researcher but I do not think that has any clue when he says (or you say that he says) that "cancer research community is paying a great deal of attention to ayurveda on many of the aging related disorders, including arthritis, for cures." Just ak him to list Ayurvedic medications that he has found to "cure" specific type of cancers. If he gives you a list please publish it on this NG. Otherwise it is just balony....BND your are just a jealous anti-hindu commie who gets no recognition among hindus; so what you do. like a charred defecting convert to an anti-hindu "religion", you bash everything that has "hindu" written on it. my friend is not only a research scholar of international repute (even the nobel laureates in the field send him thank you letters), he is one of the most sought speakers at leading universities world wide on this. he has published numerous papers, and most likely will write a book too. He talks about a mad rush that's been going on in usa to quickly patent ayurvedic things on the sleight. ayurveda has no competetion, much to your dismal claims, and the degree of research is at a very high level attracting a lot of $$$$. in elvis' words, you ain't but a sleazy hound dog. > Your friend needs to be more careful in making such unsubstantiated > statements. Sure. Many scientists are looking at Ayurvedic, Chinese, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > gives you a list please publish it on this NG. Otherwise it is just > balony....BND I do not care what you call me and how famous is your friend and how many letters he gets from all the NL in the world. They are meaningless if he or you cannot substantiate your statement with facts. The terms you are using to address me only indicates that you have no logical arguments to make. Just ask your friend to produce a list of "Ayurvedic medicines" that have been found to cure specific types of cancers. Otherwise it is all balony....BND > I do not care what you call me and how famous is your friend and how > many letters he gets from all the NL in the world. of course, you don't. you are a commie. >They are meaningless > if he or you cannot substantiate your statement with facts. he has, dummy. you think he would be invited world wide if he couldn't? >The terms > you are using to address me only indicates that you have no logical > arguments to make. let's just say that we ain't going to worry about commies. >Just ask your friend to produce a list of "Ayurvedic > medicines" that have been found to cure specific types of cancers. if you like you can BUY his published papers. buying is a difficult concept for commies, accustomed to unloading on poor peasants, right? > Otherwise it is all balony....BND a good commie is an ignorant commie; let's just keep it that way. Is that so? Then at least publish his name so that I can search his bibliographic resume. But one thing is very clear that you are just peddling your ignorance by using his "name." .....BND > Is that so? Then at least publish his name so that I can search his > bibliographic resume. But one thing is very clear that you are just > peddling your ignorance by using his "name." .....BND sorry, ignorance is not me, dear; i am, actually, quite in tune with the cutting edge on this. You are not "on cutting edge" of anything since you cannot even answer simple questions. But you are on the edge. Better watch it! You might just fall off the cliff, Ayurveda or no Ayurveda....BND do you pray in hindu style? now that is a simple question. > You are not "on cutting edge" of anything since you cannot even > answer simple questions. But you are on the edge. Better watch it! You > might just fall off the cliff, Ayurveda or no Ayurveda....BND I try to pry open the ignorance of people like you. How is that?.....BND now, you need to have a dialog with yourself since you can't answer simple questions. > I try to pry open the ignorance of people like you. How is > that?.....BND |
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