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How classical procedures lost ground
Published in C. P. Khare, Evidence-based Ayurveda, 2019
According to Sushruta, the churna (powder) of essential parts of the plant belonging to a group, is saturated for 7 days with the equal quantity of decoction of plants belonging to a separate group but having same properties, then only the final product is to be accepted as the churna with required medicinal properties. (Sushruta Samhita, Chikitsasthan, 10, 3; 12, 10).
Ashtavarga Plants: A Review
Published in T. Pullaiah, K. V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur, Ethnobotany of India, 2017
S. John Adams, T. Senthil Kumar, G. Muthuraman, Anju Majeed
Ashtavarga is normally used as a polyherbal formulation. Often it is also used by many physicians as a herbomineral formulation (Singh, 2006). The Ayurvedic literature explains the unique way of administration of plant-based drugs in different formulations that are related to the patients and diseases. The ingredients and parts used were different according to the strength and percentage of sickness caused by the diseases. On the basis of information in the Sanskrit texts, quite a number of minerals/gems/poison- ous substances are included in these formulations. They are often used as catalysts for the drug to get into the human body and on the disease causing taught. Ambergris, saffron and musk with many herbs were heated in high temperature to convert into ash-like (bhasma) and become partly soluble in water for bioavailability to the human system (Puri, 2003). Ashtavarga is formulated with minerals in two different ways as all rasayana herbs depend on the patients and diseases: (i) Makardhawaj, where gold is used as a catalyst; (ii) Ras Sindur, without gold. Most of ashtavarga herbs mixed in equal amount and taken as churna. Ashtavarga plants which are used in the common formulation were as follows: Ashtavarga churna, Chyavanprash rasayan, Vachadi taila, Chitrakadi taila, Mahakalyan ghrita, Mahamayura ghrita, Jivaniya ghrita, Nagabala sarpi, Vajikaran ghrita, Brahini gutika and Jivaniya gana Churna, and specific formulation which other than common formulations are listed in Table 6.4.
Panchakola Reduces Oxidative Stress in MCF-7 Breast Cancer and HEK293 Cells
Published in Journal of Dietary Supplements, 2018
Tooba Naz Shamsi, Romana Parveen, Sadaf Fatima
Different pharmaceutical forms of Panchakola are available: Churna (powder), Paka or Avaleha (confection), and Ghrita. Panchakola Avaleha helps in restore or regenerate the female reproductive system in the stage of puerperium and early involution of the uterus. The quality and quantity of breast milk is also enhanced by this formulation (Akhtar et al., 2010). Recent clinical research revealed that panchakola Siddha Yavagu is effective as an appetizer (More and Dwivedi, 2011). Previous studies have proved efficacy of panchakola against free radical, inflammatory, and bacterial diseases (Shamsi et al., 2015).
Analytical method development, validation and forced degradation studies for rutin, quercetin, curcumin, and piperine by RP-UFLC method
Published in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2021
Shanmugam Ramaswamy, Kuppusamy Gowthamarajan, Lalitha Priyanka Dwarampudi, Mahendran Bhaskaran, Madhuri Kadiyala
The herbal ingredients curcumin, piperine, quercetin, and rutin selected for the study were therapeutically active spices, the most commonly used in food preparations and also traditionally (Triphala Churna, Khadirarista, Brahmivati), from the past (Table 1). The above herbal ingredients were analyzed in different plant extracts (Table 1), the most common ingredients in different traditional formulations and dietary supplements. Several scientific activities of these drugs are listed in Table 1.