ABSTRACT

Background: Ayurveda is one of the oldest healing systems which have mainly emerged from India. Herbs with medicinal properties are an essential part of Ayurveda. Some of these herbs are said to be hepatotoxic. These Alternative Medicines (AM) form the major chunk of the drug induced liver injury (DILI) cases in Asia, where Ayurveda medicine is more prevalent but the most overlooked content by the physicians due to underexposure to effects of herbal medicine. Case Details: A 55 year old female, who is a housewife with no comorbidities presented to the hospital with the complaints of yellowish discoloration of sclera, abdominal distension, vomiting and bilateral pedal edema from the last 2 months. She has been taking an herbal medicine containing giloy juice (Tinospora cordifolia) as an immunity booster for covid-19 prevention from the last 1 year. She denied the use of any modern medicine which may cause hepatotoxicity since last one year. She has no history of consumption of alcohol. Discussion: The purpose of presenting the case is to sensitize physicians as a whole to modern medicine people regarding the toxicity of herbal medication. Conclusion: We are describing one such case of liver failure caused due to the consumption of a Herbal medication containing Tinospora cordifolia (Giloy). Keywords: Ayurveda, covid 19, Giloy, hepatotoxic, Tinospora cordifolia
Publication date: 01/12/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.12.6659