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Jan 27, 2021 14 tweets 12 min read Read on X
On 18.12.2020, computer engineer @FitTuber shared @YouTube video titled "10 Safe & Useful Ayurvedic Tablets to Replace Allopathic Pills (Instant Relief)". The drugs he promoted were by @baidyanathgroup, not sure if it was paid promotion. I bought them:
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10 drugs, details, batch numbers R given in pic👇. All by @baidyanathgroup exept 1 by unjhaayurvedicpharmacy.com
We did GCMSMS, ICP-OES and FTIR analyses on these samples. Here are my 10 safer modern medicine alternatives 2 @FitTuber's untested, potentially harmful #Ayurvedic drugs
Kanthsudharak Vati by Unjha Pharma
@FitTuber: 4 sorethroat, cold, cough
Analysis: Lead 0.54 mg/kg, Cadmium 0.4 mg/kg, Thallium 0.71 mg/kg and industrial phenols.
Low values, but not ideal.

Safe alternative: Levocetrizine & non-sedative cough syrup Levodropropizine
Baidyanath Rajbati
@Fittuber: for bloating, gas
Analysis:
Mercury 1.2 mg/kg
Arsenic 2.25 mg/kg
Male anabolic hormone - hydroxy testosterone+
Curcumin
Talc powder

Safer alternative: activated charcoal+simethicone (non-absorbed, no side effects) or short course esomeprazole.
Baidyanath Bilwadi Choorna
@Fittuber - 4 diarrhoea
Analysis
Thallium 3.68 mg/kg
[fun fact: 10-15 mg/kg is lethal dose for humans. Death can occur at lower dosages] ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK51324…
Fenretinide - synthetic anti-cancer drug
Liver toxic chromium phosph.

Safer: Racecadotril
Baidyanath Mahasudarshanghan Bati
@Fittuber - for fever, headaches
Analysis
Mercury 1.63 mg/kg
Lead 5.87
Thallium: 2.63
Phenol
Heart drug/poison - Digitoxin
Narcotic - normorphine
Antibiotic - streptomycin

Safer alternative: Paracetamol as need be; 1-2g per day 2-3d in cirrhosis
Baidyanath SHIRAHSHULADIRAS
@FitTuber: 4 headache
Arsenic 1.12 mg/kg, Thallium 2.11 mg/kg
Modern medicine - Methoxsalen (for psoriasis)
Illegal steroid - OXANDROLONE
Steroid - prednisolone, hydrocortisone, betamethasone (WOW!) - any headache will disappear

🙋‍♂️Safer: paracetamol
Baidyanath Triphala Guggulu
@FitTuber: 4 constipation
Got 3 batches:

Batch 1: Lead 4.9 mg/kg, Arsenic 9.1, Thallium 2.53
Steroid - prednisolone, hydrocortisone

Batch 2: Lead 5.14, Arsenic 4.7, Cadmium 3.6, Thallium 2.47, toad poison, steroid prednisolone

Safer: lactitol
Batch 3 - Triphala Gugulu by Baidyanath, I have to show separately here, because it was quite something. Drug original batch no: N204290012
Analysis:
Lead - 18.9 mg/kg 🤯🤯🤯
Arsenic - 31.9 mg/kg ☠️☠️☠️
Thallium - 2.76 mg/kg
Steroid - prednisolone
Toad poison - Bufotalin👹
Baidyanath Lakshmivilas Ras
@Fittuber: for Sinus problems
Analysis - JUST HOLD ONTO YOUR EYE-BALLS.
Mercury - 2.16 mg/kg
Lead - 10.22 mg/kg
Arsenic - 95.15 mg/kg👹👹👹
Rock minerals - modernite, heluandite, bentonite (why!!??)

MUCH safer: non sedative Bilastine drug
Baidyanath Kamdudha Ras
@Fittuber: 4 acidity
Analysis:
Lead - 2.79 mg/kg
Thallium: 1.05 mg/kg
Methoxy phenol
Ball clay😐 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_clay
Feldspar😒en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldspar
Illite😑en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illite

Safer: short course esomeprazole, non-absorbable syrups
Baidyanath VATGAJANKUSH RAS
@Fittuber: for body pain, backpains, muscle stiffness
Analysis
Mercury - 2.08 mg/kg
Lead - 58.32 👹👹👹
Arsenic - 21.82 ☠️☠️☠️
Thallium - 4.18
BY FAR THE MOST TOXIC
Oh &
TESTOSTERONE (male hormone)
Coumarin (blood thinner)
Dehydrocortisone - steroid.
Complete analysis in tabulated form (for all 10 + 2 samples) for easy viewing docdro.id/BFDS6Gz
Don't take health advice or even listen 2 those who R not trained in matters of science.
TC of urself.
#MedTwitter #livertwitter #media #ayurveda #AYUSH #quackery #pseudoscience

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