Review article on Kwatha Kalpana

Dr. Prajakta Arote; Dr. Shardul Chavan; Dr. Prajakta Arote

doi:10.21760/jaims.v5i06.1145

Dr. Prajakta Arote Post Graduate Scholar, Dept of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, APM’s Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.
Dr. Shardul Chavan Assistant Professor, APM’s Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.
Dr. Prajakta Arote Post Graduate Scholar, Dept of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, APM’s Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.v5i06.1145

Keywords: Kwatha, Panchvidh Kashaya Kalpana, Dosage form, Ayurvedic pharmaceuticals

Abstract

Kwatha Kalpana is the most significant and widely used dosage form in Ayurvedic pharmaceutics. It is one among basic Panchvidh Kashaya Kalpana of Bhaishajya Kalpana. It is a basis of preparatory method of other secondary dosage form such as Snehapaka, Sandhana Kalpana, Avleha etc. So to get good quality of this dosage form Kwatha should be of standard quality. To obtain good quality of Kwatha it’s very important to concentrate on its pharmaceutical factors such as temperature, vessel for preparation, quantity of water, particle size of raw drugs, duration of heating.

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