Banned and flagged AYUSH medicines in India

Ayurvedic, unani, siddha and homoeopathic medicines are licensed by state authorities under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. This section records what those authorities, CDSCO and the courts have actually done: licences suspended, batches that failed a state lab test, products found to contain hidden allopathic drugs, and the advertising cases. A seizure is not a ban, and a stayed order is not a ban either.

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9Oct2026

NSQ

Ayurvedic medicines that failed state lab tests

Maharashtra FDA's NSQ table, updated 9 Oct 2026, lists the Inducare products and Divya Arjuna Kwath.
12Aug2026

Notice

Maharashtra FDA's ayurvedic manufacturers drive

Maharashtra FDA's drive reported: 434 ayurvedic units inspected, 135 show-cause notices, 10 licences permanently cancelled (Open magazine)

No action

Himalaya Wellness (Liv.52): what is on record

No action is on record against Himalaya Wellness or Liv.52: no ban, recall, failed lab test or notice appears in the Maharashtra FDA table of 9 Oct 2026, the CDSCO Ayush page or the US FDA import alerts for India.

Status: Not banned; no action on record
Who decided: No regulator action on record
Reference: Sources checked: Maharashtra FDA NSQ table (9 Oct 2026); CDSCO Ayush division page; US FDA import alerts, India list (9 Oct 2026)
What to do: No record is not a certificate

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NSQ

Ayurvedic medicines NSQ: Declared not of standard quality: Maharashtra FDA table (as of 9 Oct 2026)

Ayurvedic medicines that failed state lab tests: Maharashtra FDA table

Maharashtra FDA's table, as of 9 Oct 2026, lists ten Inducare Pharma products and Divya Pharmacy's Arjuna Kwath as not of standard quality for fungus, microbial limits or description; each row is a finding on a tested sample, not a ban.

Status: Declared not of standard quality: Maharashtra FDA table (as of 9 Oct 2026)
Who decided: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration
Latest step: 9 Oct 2026: Maharashtra FDA's NSQ table, updated 9 Oct 2026, lists the Inducare products and Divya Arjuna Kwath
Reference: Maharashtra FDA NSQ alerts table, 190 rows as of 9 Oct 2026, about 20 for ayurvedic, siddha and unani products
What to do: A failed sample is not a ban