Pharmaceutical fortification of Rasoushadhies for their better clinical utility

Shiv Om Dixit; Vatsalya DG; Ravindra Angadi; Ashok Kumar B.N.

doi:10.21760/jaims.v2i1.7517

Shiv Om Dixit PG Scholar, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, SDM College Of Ayurveda, Udupi (Karnataka)
Vatsalya DG PG Scholar, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, SDM College Of Ayurveda, Udupi (Karnataka)
Ravindra Angadi ssociate Professor, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, SDM College Of Ayurveda, Udupi.
Ashok Kumar B.N. ssociate Professor, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, SDM College Of Ayurveda, Udupi.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.v2i1.7517

Keywords: Rasaushadhis, Samskara, Shodhana, Marana

Abstract

Ayurveda is known to be the oldest system of medicine whose virtue of holistic approach towards life attracts the attention of people worldwide. Ayurvedic formulations are conjuncture of herbal, mineral/metal and animal origin drugs. To effectuate therapeutic properties in these raw drugs, they are subjected to different pharmaceutical procedures (Samskaras). The fate of the drugs is predominantly decided by these procedures only. In the case of medical emergencies as well as in the management of critical diseases drug which brings about hastened relief in subordinate dose and dosage is endorsed. In Rasashastra, metals and minerals are subjected to different Samskara like Shodhana etc. to beget the properties like ‘Alpa Matra Upyogitvad’ and ‘Kshipram Aarogyam Daayitvad’ in them. The concept of incineration or Marana is the process which brings the particle size into nanometre range which makes the metal into absorbable and assimilable form. The present paper deals with the different pharmaceutical procedures which impregnate these properties in the rasa dravyas and make them suitable for use in various clinical manifestations.

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