Safi (medicine)

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Outer packaging and bottle for Safi
Outer packaging and bottle for Safi

Safi is an Unani medicine which claims to be a blood-purifier. It is produced by Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) in Pakistan. According to the package, it "corrects the digestive system, relieves constipation, prevents and cures boils, pimples, and skin eruptions." In August 2005 the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency of the United Kingdom Department of Health reported that samples of Safi contained high levels of arsenic[1]. The next month Health Canada issued a warning that Safi was "found to contain arsenic levels in excess of 40 times the maximum allowable concentration for drugs"[2]

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  1. ^ Arsenic and mercury in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicines Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  2. ^ Some Ayurvedic medicinal products reported to contain high levels of heavy metals Health Canada

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