Abstract

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RASASINDOOR BY TWO DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS WSR TO RASATARINGINI

Harshala Mhatre* Mangala Jadhav and Vd. Shriram Savrikar

Abstract

The preparations in Rasashastra are mainly of four types i.e Kharaliya rasayana, Parpati, Kupipakwa rasayana and Pottali. From all these Kupipakwa rasayana have special importance as they have wide therapeutic utility and are required in low doses. Rasasindoor (HgS) is an example of sagandha saagni murcchna. It is unique mercurial preparation widely used in Ayurvedic therapeutics having Parada (Mercury) and Gandhaka (Sulphur) in it. There are various combinations of Parada and Gandhaka(1:1/2 to 1:1000) given in different Ayurvedic texts for making Rasasindoor.It is said that as the proportion of Gandhaka used in jarana in Parada increases e.g 1:1,1:2,1:3,1:4 etc more is the therapeutic utilities of Parada. Samaguna Rasasindoor(1:1) is said to be samanya roganashaka, Dwiguna Rasasindoor(1:2) is said to be maharoganashaka, Triguna Rasasindoor(1:3) is said to be punsatva prakashanam and so on. Depending on different proportions of sulphur used in the formulation, the therapeutic effects of these formulations are also different. These differences can be due to difference in their physico-chemical characterization. Hence in present study physico-chemical comparison of Rasasindoor prepared by two different formulations is done.

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