Abstract

Dr. R. Surjith*, Dr. Madhavi Patel and Dr. M. R. Pandya

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda has used herbal and herbo-mineral substances in therapeutics since time immemorial. But nowadays, due to recent questions raised regarding the toxicity of Ayurvedic formulations. The science is expertise in the usage of metal-minerals and vishadravyas (poisonous drugs) in therapeutics by subjecting them in to a samskara known as shodhana (purificatory procedures). The role played by shodhana procedure in reducing the toxicity of the dravyas has to be understood in a scientific way. Therefore, understanding the role of shodhana of metal-minerals and vishadravyas is the need for the present era. In the present study, the Hingula, one of the sadharana rasa was subjected to sodhana process with Lakoochaphalaswarasa by the method of Bhavana (Levigation). And analytical study was carried out to notice the changes before and after shodhanaw.s.r to heavy metals. The study revealed that there is significant role played by the media used for shodhana. Specially to detect the heavy metal analysis before and after sodhana by the method of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy in raw hingula and hingula purified in lakoochaphalaswarasa (Artocarpuslakoocha).