Ayurvedic Nanomedicine (Swarna Bhasma) - Evaluation based on Analytical Parameters

Shilpa V. Rajan; Saroj Parhate; Thakur Rakesh Singh; Ankitha H

Shilpa V. Rajan Final Year Post Graduate Scholar, 3Professor & HOD, Dept. of Rasashastra evam Bhaishajya Kalpana, Govt. Ayurveda College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Saroj Parhate Professor & HOD, Dept. of Rasashastra evam Bhaishajya Kalpana, Govt. Ayurveda College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Thakur Rakesh Singh Lecturer, Dept. of Rasashastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana, National Institute of Ayurveda, Deemed to be University (De Novo), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Ankitha H Second Year Post Graduate Scholar, Dept. of Dravyaguna Vigyan, Govt. Ayurveda College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Keywords: Nanomedicine, Swarnabhasma, Ayurveda, Rasashastra

Abstract

The Ayurvedic system of medicine is the treasure of metallic and mineral nanomedicines. A branch of Ayurveda, Rasashastra deals with preparation and therapeutic applications of nanomedicines. A poor scientific appraisal of Ayurvedic principles among Indian scientific community eventually resulted in a poor interdisciplinary collaboration between science and Ayurveda. Thinking of effective utilization of Ayurveda through a better understanding of its fundamentals is the recent realization. Fortunately, a few among the new genre have prompted to sense this reality and stand up as intermediaries, speaking in a mutually understandable language and retrieving the link of Ayurveda to science while keeping its original flavor intact. Bhasma form of medicine explained in Ayurveda classics has its particle size in nanometers. Swarnabhasma is such a kind of medicine which is proven to have a broad-spectrum effect especially because of its particle size. This article attempts to point out the versatile properties of Ayurvedic nanomedicine and the toxicity studies being carried out in such medicines as it is the main obstacle which stands in the way of exploring Bhasma preparations. With an inter-disciplinary approach Ayurvedic Bhasma and herbo-mineral formulations are being subjected to sophisticated analytical tests like XRD, SEM-EDX, ICP-AES etc. but still there are lacunas which needs to be addressed to find out the mechanism of action, the chemical reactions taking place in between the pharmaceutical steps adopted during the preparation of these formulations. Further researches are required on a scientific platform of Ayurveda and nanotechnology to understand the accurate properties and actions of these nanoparticles.

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