Fig. 4. Example of retrieved Ayurvedic and herbal medicines.

A. Traditional Ayurvedic medications prepared and marketed by various pharmaceutical companies, with some lacking proper ingredient labelling, adverse effect notification and maximal dosing for use; labelled ingredients in an Ayurvedic formulation called ‘Dhanwantaram Gulika’, which was given for nausea, anorexia and overall ‘liver health’. B. The components mentioned include fresh excreta of baby elephant (yellow lined) as well as semen of the Civet cat (red lined). C. Some of the formulations came as powders contained in plain papers and unlabeled capsules, tablets and pills. D, E. Freshly plucked (D) and dried herbs (E) were a major part of CAMs utilized by alcoholic hepatitis patients, prescribed by traditional unregistered healers. F, G. Traditional Ayurvedic healer-prepared thick syrups (F) and unlabeled, unknown semi-solid material (G), made out of multiple herbs and powders.