Abstract

PHARMACEUTICAL EVALUATION OF HARIDRADI LEPA

Archana Kumbar*, Ashok Kumar B. N. and Ravindra Angadi

Abstract

Ayurveda is the oldest and holistic science of approach which is mainly targeted towards maintaining the health of a healthy person as well as treating the diseases. It explains various dosage forms to ease the selection of medicine to treat the patients. The selection of dose will be based on yukti (ones intellect) of a physician considering roga (disease) and rogi (patient) with other several factors too. Haridradi Lepa is a topical type of medicament which is in the powder form. It is explained in the context of arbuda chikitsa by Acharya Bhavamishra in Bhavapraksha Nighantu. It is prepared by taking equal quantity of haridra churna, shuddha shankha churna and mulaka kshara and triturated until it becomes a homogenous mixture. This powder is applied along with jala (water) or Madhu (honey) externally. In the present article an attempt has been made to standardize the herbomineral formulation, Haridradi Lepa.

Keywords: Arbuda, kaphaja arbuda, kshara, churna, Bhavaprakasha Nighantu.