A Pharmaceutical Study on Panchanan Rasa
Abstract
Rasa Shastra is a specialized branch of Indian system of traditional medicine which mainly deals with the use of metals, minerals and herbs along-with the application of varied principles of Alchemy. Panchanan Rasa a chief reference from Rasa Ratna Sammuchya 14/09 was taken for Hridya Roga. It is a herbo-mineral preparation made finally with the use Kharal Yantra so called Kharaliye Rasayan, & is given after proper Mardan only in powder form with vehicle indicated for administering it. In recent scenario Hridya Roga is becoming a major concern disease every 1 in 10 person is suffering from sudden/chronic heart/artery disease with varied etiology & also patients are not able to afford such costly intervention to manage it, so effort is made to do pre-clinical study on the formulation & get some data to go for further clinical study in future.
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