jaipur people in the city are trying all sorts of herbs and ayurvedic medicines without prescriptions which they think could be effective in strengthening their immunity in the wake of covid pandemic as a result a lot of people are developing all sorts of gastrorelated disorders such as hepatotoxicity and piles at times even their blood pressure is also shooting up forcing them to rush to hospitals a 48yearold having influenzalike illness in shastri nagar area was rushed to a private hospital with high blood pressure his systolic pressure was touching 180 millimeters of mercury mm hg while the diastolic pressure was above 90 mm hg doctors conducted electrocardiogram which turned out to be normal during investigations it was found he was taking decoction kadha at least four times a day with a lot of people using herbs and ayurvedic medicines regularly the sale of products such as giloy tulsi decoction and other such immunity boosters has increased cases of illeffects of excessive use of herbs available at homes and ayurvedic medicines such as giloy and decoction are being reported in increasing numbers consuming excessive decoctions is not good people should understand the nature of herbs in decoction they may create heat in the body and lead to different sorts of ill effects such as piles fissures and problems in rectal region said dr cr yadav head of the department sharir kriya national institute of ayurveda nia the constitution of body of each individual is different from other and so the benefit of one medicine on somebody does not necessarily benefits the other he said the other common illeffects are hyperacidity mouth ulcers and hypertension he said sawai man singh sms hospitals gastroenterology department has also seen such patients having complaints related to stomach patients with stomach ache gastrorelated issues are being reported they also complaint of vomiting said dr sudhir maharshi associate professor gastroentrology sms hospitalhealth experts claimed that people are excessively using herbs in homes such as ginger and turmeric excessive use of any such items is not recommended long term use of ayurveda medicine aiming to boost immunity without consultation of registered doctors and ayurveda practitoners might lead to adverse impact on the health of people