City blames Ayurvedic dietary supplements for lead poisonings

...But practitioners of South Asian medicine say treatments are safe....

BY Jonathan Camhi
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

City health officials are blaming banned dietary supplements popular with many South Asian immigrants for two non-fatal lead poisoning cases this year.
But some experts fear the problem could be more widespread.
Specialists in Ayurveda — derived from the 5,000-year-old Indian system of medicine — contend the treatments are largely effective and safe.
But studies have shown some Ayurvedic supplements contain dangerous metals, leading the city to ban several of the products.

Breve presentazione della Etnomedicina

Da sempre l'uomo per curarsi ha attinto i rimedi dal suo habitat, adottando differenti strategie terapeutiche in funzione delle caratteristiche climatiche, pedologiche, fitogeografiche, faunistiche nonché delle peculiari tipologie culturali e socio-strutturali.
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