PHARMACEUTICO-ANALYTICAL STUDY OF BABBULA NIRYASA BHAVITA RASA GARBHA POTTALI
Dr. Karthik Noolvi*, Dr. Surekha Medikeri and Dr. M. S. Doddamani
ABSTRACT
Pharmacopoeia of „Ayurveda? comprises of drug derived not only from herbs but also from minerals, metals and animal products. Rasashastra is a specialized branch of Ayurveda dealing mainly with Minerals which are known as „Rasa dravyas?, Pottali Kalpana is one among the mercurial compound processed with the help of sulphur. This is based on its compactness. i.e. “the medicine of large magnitude is compacted into a small pottali like structure”. Rasagarbha pottali is a unique rasa preparation. It is one among various Kajjali bandha perpetrations. Various bhavana dravyas for preparation of pottali like Kumari swarasa, Tulasi swarasa, Ardraka swarasa etc... are mentioned in classics. In the current study, Babbula Niryasa is used as a bhavana dravya to prepare Rasagarbha Pottali by Gandhaka paka method. Its pharmaceutical processing and Analytical evaluation is undertaken.
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