A Malayalam blockbuster film reignites debate over efficacy of Ayurvedic drugs

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The portrayal of a quality successful the blockbuster Malayalam movie Vaazha 2: Biopic of a Billion Bros has reignited the statement implicit the purported ill-effects of Ayurvedic medicines.

The quality successful the movie, played by histrion Bijukkuttan, dies of liver cirrhosis aft consuming an overdose of ‘arishtam,’ a fermented herbal decoction, for a agelong play of time. A conception of Ayurveda practitioners person said it is portion of a “propaganda” against the accepted Indian strategy of medicine. Though immoderate of the functionaries of the Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI) precocious said they would instrumentality ineligible recourse if the “misleading scenes” were not removed, AMAI State president Vishnu Namboothiri said connected Monday that an authoritative determination successful this respect was yet to beryllium taken.

Published - April 20, 2026 07:01 p.m. IST

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