Shocking New Study - What is Inside Your Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Medicines?

Here are studies on Ayush-liver injury from our Department of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, headed by me: Philips CA, Theruvath AH, Oommen TT. Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Herbal Liver Injury is More Severe and Catastrophic Than Liver Injury From Conventional Drugs. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2025.12... Philips CA. Liver Cleansers and Detoxes — Separating Market Hype From Medical Reality. Am J Gastroenterol. 2025. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.00000000... Philips CA, Theruvath AH, Ravindran R, Jose S, Philips M, et al. The Placebo Project: An observational study and comprehensive analysis of 134 commonly prescribed homeopathic remedies in India uncovers potential for hepatotoxicity. Medicine (Baltimore). 2025. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000... Philips CA, Theruvath AH, Ravindran R, Augustine P. Complementary and alternative medicines and liver disease.Hepatol Commun. 2024 https://doi.org/10.1097/HC9.000000000... Philips CA, Theruvath AH. A comprehensive review on the hepatotoxicity of herbs used in the Indian (Ayush) systems of alternative medicine. Medicine (Baltimore).2024. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000... Philips CA, Valsan A, Theruvath AH, Ravindran R, Oommen TT, Rajesh S, Bishnu S, Augustine P, et al. Ashwagandha-induced liver injury — A case series from India and literature review. Hepatol Commun.2023. https://doi.org/10.1097/HC9.000000000... Theruvath AH, Raveendran R, Philips CA, Ahamed R, Abduljaleel JK, Tharakan A, Rajesh S, Augustine P. A series of homeopathic remedies-related severe drug-induced liver injury from South India. Hepatol Commun. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1097/HC9.000000000... Philips CA, Theruvath AH, Raveendran R, Ahamed R, Rajesh S, Abduljaleel JK, Tharakan A, Augustine P. Clinical outcomes associated with complementary and alternative medicine-related "immunity-boosting" practices in patients with cirrhosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medicine (Baltimore). 2023. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000... Kulkarni AV, Hanchanale P, Prakash V, Kalal C, Sharma M, Kumar K, Bishnu S, Kulkarni AV, Anand L, Patwa AK, Kumbar S, Kainth S, Philips CA, et al. Tinospora Cordifolia (Giloy)-Induced Liver Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Multicenter Nationwide Study From India. Hepatol Commun. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1904 Theruvath AH, Raveendran R, Philips CA. Dangerous Placebo During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Series of Homoeopathic Arsenicum Album-Induced Liver Injury. Cureus. 2022. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26062 Philips CA, Ahamed R, Rajesh S, George T, Mohanan M, Augustine P. Comprehensive review of hepatotoxicity associated with traditional Indian Ayurvedic herbs. World J Hepatol.2020. https://doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v12.i9.574 Philips CA, Paramaguru R, Augustine P, Rajesh S, Ahamed R, George T, Padsalgi G. A Single-Center Experience on Outcomes of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Patients With Cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun.2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1355 Philips CA, Rajesh S, George T, Ahamed R, Kumbar S, Augustine P. Outcomes and Toxicology of Herbal Drugs in Alcoholic Hepatitis — A Single Center Experience from India.J Clin Transl Hepatol.2019. https://doi.org/10.14218/JCTH.2019.00043 Philips CA, Paramaguru R, Joy AK, Antony KL, Augustine P. Clinical outcomes, histopathological patterns, and chemical analysis of Ayurveda and herbal medicine associated with severe liver injury — A single-center experience from southern India. Indian J Gastroenterol.2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-017-08... TheLiverDoc channel aims to provide the latest updates from scientific literature, through simple, easily understandable discussions, regarding general healthcare practices as well as those specifically related to liver disease. Follow TheLiverDoc Twitter: https://x.com/theliverdoc Instagram:   / theliverdr   The Liver Doc on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyriac_... This video is fundamentally based on: Article 51A[h] of The Constitution of India: It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to develop the scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and reform. Host: Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Hepatology) Senior Consultant and Clinical-Scientist Department of Clinical & Translational Hepatology Department of Emergency & Critical Care Hepatology Department of Genomics & Microbiome in Liver The Liver Institute, Rajagiri Hospital, Aluva, Kerala, India