Abstract

TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KHADIRADI BHASM IN WATER PURIFICATION-AN ANALYTICAL STUDY

Dr. Aruna Tiwari*, Dr. Ritu Kapoor and Dr. Manoj Aadlakha

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Abstract

Water has a great role to play in the socioeconomic development of the human population. Potable water is essential to the life of everyone. The main water bodies from where water can be accessed are lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds and groundwater. The main functions of Jala are Jeevana, Tarpana (satisfactory), Hridya, Buddhi Prabodhana, Sheet, etc. without water there is no acuity in both the healthy and the diseased person.[1] Purification of water is of great importance in our life. Water purification was being done since 2000 BC as mentioned in Sanskrit literature. Purification of water were done keeping water in copper vessels, exposing water to sunlight, filtering water through sand and gravel, boiling, dipping hot iron in water were adopted.[2]

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