Giloy related liver damage cases are rising
According to the current medical reports, specific herbs and traditional medicines can induce severe harm resulting in serious liver damage and other bodily dysfunctions. For example, patients complaining of lethargy and jaundice were found to have a history of taking Guduchi.
After consuming Giloy, a 62-year-old woman suffered liver failure when her abdomen accumulated fluid, and eventually, she died. In addition, Giloy is resulting in liver toxicity which can even lead to death.
Many people during the Pandemic era were consuming this medicine to enhance their immunity power as this, is an antioxidant, and it was even advised by the Ayush Mantralaya to be taken as an immune booster against covid-19. Dr A. S Soin, renowned liver transplant surgeon, also disclosed that he had seen five liver damage cases due to intake of this, and one of them died.