Liver Specialist Physician Threatened for Warning of Dangers in Herbal Supplements
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corboy
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Date: October 24, 2025 11:02PM
Ayurveda
India
Warnings
Threats
Government
Hindu Nationalism
Doctor lifts lid on dark side of India’s ‘wellness’, traditional medicine sector
Despite threats and complaints, and accusations he is ‘anti-Hindu’, scientist Cyriac Abby Philips has been highlighting cases of liver damage caused by traditional medicine.
India’s government has been promoting ayurveda as an alternative to Western medicine, but its benefits are insufficiently tested, he says
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Edited 8 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/2025 11:54PM by corboy.
India
Warnings
Threats
Government
Hindu Nationalism
Doctor lifts lid on dark side of India’s ‘wellness’, traditional medicine sector
Despite threats and complaints, and accusations he is ‘anti-Hindu’, scientist Cyriac Abby Philips has been highlighting cases of liver damage caused by traditional medicine.
India’s government has been promoting ayurveda as an alternative to Western medicine, but its benefits are insufficiently tested, he says
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Edited 8 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/2025 11:54PM by corboy.
Re: Liver Specialist Physician Threatened for Warning of Dangers in Herbal Supplements
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daniel46
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Date: October 26, 2025 10:25PM
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When I was at university I took a survey course on Hinduism and learned about this politicized Hinduism. The Wikipedia article [en.wikipedia.org] traces it back to 1922, although I learned that it originated earlier as a response to nineteenth-century British imperialism. Even Modern Postural Yoga (MPY) was an assertion of Indian pride in the face of Western cultural domination. The safety of herbal remedies is therefore not simply a scientific issue, as it would be in the West. The doctor's investigations are seen as an injury to national self-esteem.
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While ayurveda, homeopathy, and other local forms of traditional medicine have been practiced in India for centuries, they got a boost with the 2014 election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. The new government elevated the department of Ayush -- an acronym for ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy -- to a central government ministry.
When I was at university I took a survey course on Hinduism and learned about this politicized Hinduism. The Wikipedia article [en.wikipedia.org] traces it back to 1922, although I learned that it originated earlier as a response to nineteenth-century British imperialism. Even Modern Postural Yoga (MPY) was an assertion of Indian pride in the face of Western cultural domination. The safety of herbal remedies is therefore not simply a scientific issue, as it would be in the West. The doctor's investigations are seen as an injury to national self-esteem.
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