Calcutta, June 27 :    Calcutta, June 27:  There's no splitting hairs about this: Can 'Arnica Oil', claimed to be a 'remedy for hair loss', be made without Arnica? The Calcutta District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has been approached to solve this case. Saradindu Chakraborty, a city-based consumer, has hauled Hahnemann Laboratory (Herbal) to the court, saying that its Arnimax 'Arnica Oil' does not contain any Arnica at all. Eminent homoeopaths in the city support his contention. There is a growing tendency among drug-manufacturers to cash in on the Arnica craze, they feel. Chakraborty, who spent Rs 19 to buy the 'Arnica Oil' manufactured by Orissa-based Welfare Private Limited and marketed by Hahnemann Laboratory (Herbal), has asked for a compensation of Rs 415,019, because, among other things, he suffered 'mental shock' as a result of the 'unfair trade practice' and the 'non-productive approach' of one of the ingredients of the hair oil. Chakraborty bought the oil in the belief that it would help relieve his continuing headache and take care of his sleepless nights, apart from extending 'medicinal help in maintaining hair growth', said his lawyer, Prabir K. Bose. But even when two bottles proved ineffective, Chakraborty thought of scrutinising the fine print, Bose added. 'I was astonished ... to see that the manufacturer, according to the formula on the label, has not used any Arnica at all,' Chakraborty has petitioned the court. Debashis Mukherjee, a Hahnemann spokesman, admitted that Arni, the ingredient used, was different from Arnica Montana, a herb widely used for medicinal purposes. 'Our ingredient is a different type of Arnica herb,' he claimed. 'The type of Arnica we use in our oil is called Arni in the Indian system of ayurveda,' Mukherjee added. 'I have never heard of any Arni in homoeopathy,' said eminent homoeopath Bholanath Chakraborty. 'There's a growing tendency among oil-manufacturers to cash in on the heavyweight status and widespread credibility that Arnica enjoys, for the right reasons,' he added. Drug controller of West Bengal Netai Bagchi admitted to receiving a similar complaint about Hahnemann Laboratory (Herbal)'s product a few weeks ago. 'We conducted investigations but could not find any trace of Arnica in the 'Arnica Oil',' he said. His office, however, was powerless, as the drug-makers had got the approval from the drug controller of Orissa, Bagchi said. Neither was the drug marketed from West Bengal. 'We would not have allowed any such practice within West Bengal and probably that's why the drug-makers did not dare manufacture the product here,' he said.