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Kamini Vidrawan Ras

A tablet sold as an aphrodisiac and a tonic for weakness, named in two Australian safety alerts.

Also written: Kamini Vidravan Ras,Kaminividravana Rasa,Kamini tablets,कामिनी विद्रावण रस

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The short answer

Kamini Vidrawan Ras is a tablet sold as an aphrodisiac and a stimulant for weakness. When Australia's medicines regulator, the TGA, tested Multani Kaminividravana Rasa in 2023, it found ingredients classed there as dangerous poisons and prescription-only medicines, and warned of dependence, overdose and death. The same tablets are labelled to contain hingula, which is cinnabar, a mercury compound.

An Australian addiction clinic has described 12 men who became dependent on Kamini and were treated with opioid substitution therapy, the treatment used for dependence on opioids. We found no clinical trial of Kamini Vidrawan Ras for any use. If you or someone close to you takes it, tell a doctor how much and how often, and take the pack along.

What is in it

We are checking the official recipe against a printed copy of the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, Part III. Until that is done we do not print a recipe here.

What it is used for

  • The Multani tablets tested in Australia are sold as an aphrodisiac and labelled as a "powerful stimulant useful in weakness and lack of vigour & vitality". What the formulary lists it for is being checked along with the recipe.[1]

What the evidence says

Case reportCase series, Australia, 2022. An addiction clinic went back through the records of 12 men, aged 27 to 41, who had become dependent on Kamini. All but one were of north Indian origin, and all 12 were treated with opioid substitution therapy. The authors call it an opioid dependence syndrome caused by an Ayurvedic medicine. These were people who reached one clinic, so the series cannot tell us how often dependence happens.[3]

Safety notes

  • In June 2023 the TGA tested Multani Kaminividravana Rasa and found ingredients listed in Australia as dangerous poisons (Schedule 8) and as prescription-only medicines (Schedule 4). It warned that they can cause dependence, accidental overdose, hospital admission or death, and said many other brands of imported Kamini tablets carry the same labelled ingredients.[1]
  • The same tablets are labelled to contain "Singraph (Hingula) suddha", which the TGA identifies as cinnabar, mercury (II) sulphide. The TGA notes that even small amounts of mercury can harm the nervous, digestive and immune systems, the lungs, kidneys, skin and eyes.[1]
  • In November 2016 the TGA tested Multani Kamini Vidrawan Ras and Ayurvedant Kamini Vidravan Ras tablets and found substances that in Australia are available only on a doctor's prescription. It said both pose a serious risk to health and should not be taken.[2]
  • Hingula (cinnabar) is on India's Schedule E(1) list of poisonous substances in Ayurvedic medicines. A medicine for internal use made with it must carry the words "Caution: to be taken under medical supervision" on the label.[4]
  • A 2008 study bought 193 Ayurvedic products online and found lead, mercury or arsenic in 40.6% of the rasa shastra (mineral-based) medicines, against 17.1% of the others. It was a survey of many products, not a test of Kamini tablets.[5]

Who makes it

Sold in India by makers including Baidyanath. We list names so you can match your bottle to this page. We do not recommend or sell any brand.

Withheld until review

Dose, anupana (what to take it with), duration, contraindications, and pregnancy and children's notes appear only after a vaidya on our medical board has reviewed this page. Until then, ask the vaidya who prescribed it. Why we hold these back

Questions people ask

Are all Kamini Vidrawan Ras brands the same?

We cannot say. The TGA tested Multani and Ayurvedant tablets, and it says many other imported Kamini brands carry the same labelled ingredients. We have no test results for other brands, including those sold in India, so read the ingredient list on your pack and show it to your doctor.[1][2]

I have been taking Kamini every day. What should I do?

Talk to a doctor and say plainly how long and how much you have taken. The TGA advises anyone who has taken the tablets to get medical advice, and the men in the Australian clinic series needed medical treatment for dependence.[1][3]

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Sources

  1. Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia). Safety advisory: Multani Kaminividravana Rasa (Kamini) tablets. Published 8 June 2023. Archived copy of 10 March 2026.
  2. Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia). Safety advisory: Multani Kamini Vidrawan Ras tablets and Ayurvedant Kamini Vidravan Ras tablets. Published 25 November 2016. Archived copy of 11 March 2026.
  3. Naren T, Silkoff D, Forsythe M, Cook J. Case series on treatment of dependence to Kamini Vidrawan Ras with opioid substitution therapy. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2022;41:1408-1411. PMID 35711156.
  4. Drugs Rules, 1945, Rule 161(2) and Schedule E(1), list of poisonous substances under the Ayurvedic (including Siddha) and Unani systems. Central Drugs Standard Control Organization compilation, 2022, pp. 184 and 344-345.
  5. Saper RB, Phillips RS, Sehgal A, et al. Lead, mercury, and arsenic in US- and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines sold via the Internet. JAMA. 2008;300(8):915-23. PMID 18728265.
  6. Ayurvedic Formulary of India, Part III. We have not yet been able to check the Kamini Vidrawan Ras entry in a printed copy.Not yet checked against the original

Awaiting review by The Good Vaidya Medical Board. Prepared from the sources below and checked against each one.

Published 4 November 2026 · Last updated 4 November 2026

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