ArticleWellcome open research2019
Adverse events with ayurvedic medicines- possible adulteration and some inherent toxicities.
Article in Wellcome open research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adverse events in India's Ayush interventions for cervical and lumbar spondylosis: a systematic review.European journal of medical research · 2024Pooled it
- 'Ayurveda', hyperemesis and anaemia in pregnancy.Obstetric medicine · 2025Article
- Ayurvedic Ingredients in Dermatology: A Call for Research.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Review
- A comprehensive review on indigenous therapeutic approaches in kidney care using Ayush medicine.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Phytochemical Characterization and Assessment of Antioxidant and Anti-Alzheimer Effects of Algerian Seseli Tortuosum.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2025Article
- Primary care rheumatology: towards sustainable development in health.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2024Article
- Anthelmintic evaluation of three ayurvedic formulations: a transmission electron microscopy study inJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2023Article
- Article
- Astounding Health Benefits of Jamun (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Herbal and dietary supplement induced liver injury: Highlights from the recent literature.World journal of hepatology · 2021Review
- Broadening the List of Differential Diagnosis for Acute Abdomen - a Case Report from Nepal.EJIFCC · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Ayurvedic medicine, a traditional system of medicine practiced in the Indian subcontinent is considered to be devoid of adverse events. We report three cases which highlight the possibility of adverse events related with the use of ayurvedic products. A 35 year old woman with hepatitis took ayurvedic powder medicine and swarnabhasma (gold salt) and had her liver injury worsened, possibly due to alkaloids, and developed nephrotic syndrome, possibly due to gold salt. A 57 year old hypertensive man was taking ayurvedic medicine containing reserpine which had long been withdrawn from the allopathic system of medicine due to wide range of side effects. A 47 year old woman with rheumatoid arthritis was taking an unknown tablet containing steroid as an adulterant for 2 years and developed side effects typical of steroid excess. We would like to highlight the fact that ayurvedic medicines do have propensity to cause adverse events due to adulteration or inherent constituents like alkaloids, and hence may not always be completely safe.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.