Abstract

FORMULATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF NOVEL SIDDHA PREPARATION POONAGA PARPAM AS PER AYUSH GUIDELINES

V. Elakkiyaa*, S. Visweswaran and V. Banumathi

Abstract

Standardization of Siddha formulation is essential to access the quality of drugs for therapeutic value. The World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on evaluating the physico-chemical properties and other parameters for the identification and assessing quality of AYUSH formulations will offer a great value in global market. Standardization ensures the quality of medicines and gives authenticity to the medicines prepared by the manufacturers, satisfaction of the prescribing physicians and relief to the consumers. Characterization of Siddha formulation renders wide range of information in predicting the nature and structure of phyto constituents which renders the actual therapeutic efficacy of the formulation. The present study was attempted to evaluate the physicochemical parameters and Standardization of Poonaga Parpam as per siddha classical literature. This classic Siddha formulation is used for the treatment of Kodiya Kaasam (Asthma), Mega Suram (Syphilitic Fever), Thagam (Thirst).

Keywords: Poonaga Parpam, Physicochemical analysis, Standardization.