--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 22, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Hugo wrote: >
> > > Another case that you might have heard about ayurveda is > > the mercury poisoning somebody had from MAV products bought > > in India, they are currently suing the TMO, haven't heard > > anymore about it but shall copy it over if I hear anything > > new. > > Yeah, there's a number of source for such a thing, so it can be hard > to sort out. For example many Ayurvedic preparations, esp. "siddha > medicines" and rasa preparations, contain "humanized" mercury products > which are believed to be safe, if prepared properly. It's the prepared > properly part that in a third world country can get you killed. > Another source of mercury and heavy metals can obtained from > disreputable ayurvedic drug companies who get herbs from old > industrial sites or riverbanks near industrial sites where heavy > metals may be found. This is also a known issue with Chinese > medicines. On top of this consider that these herbs are then greatly > concentrated to form extracts. > > > Strangely enough, an old girlfriend of mine had a friend > > who was a real TMer, been on Mother Divine and lived the > > whole movement thing, right diet, channel on all day etc > > etc. She got mercury poisoning about ten years ago. I was > > amazed that someone as clean living could have got ill > > like that. It seemed a genuine puzzle, I guess I know now. > > It was be interesting to know whether or not she relied solely on MAPI > products or not. I can say with almost %100 certainty that it would be all MAP stuff because people I know who are *that* into the movement wouldn't take an inferior product to the TMOs. Which could be a deadly irony. But I remember the TMO being proud of their product purity and that they had even got preparations through the, apparently highly strict, Australian drug importation laws. If these stories are true and apparently MAP stuff she had was tested as having dangerously high levels of mercury, sounds like something has gone terribly wrong somewhere. > > I don't know how the sorry tale ended because I lost > > contact with my friend. But unbelievable eh? > > Actually VERY believable. I know I myself could just have easily > poisoned myself using such products. I now only use Ayurvedic products > from reputable companies and forego all Chinese herbal medicines. I've just been googling to try and find the story I'm talking about but can't find it for all the other tales of contaminants in ayurvedic products! Who'd have thought it. The story I'm looking for is about an American woman who was seriously ill with MP while pregnant due to MAP stuff bought in India, she is currnetly suing the TMO in America. Not sure how far that will get her. I'll have another look later, if I find it I'll post it.
