THE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SHILAJATU ON ALLOXANISED ALBINO RATS ON DIABETIES MELLITUS
*Dr. Shashi Kant Chaturvedi and Dr. Pramod Kumar
ABSTRACT
The claims of anti diabetic effect of metals and minerals made in Indian system of medicine are mainly based on clinical observation. But present day trend demands scientific research, to replace the empericalism by rationalism .so in order to verify the age old claims, scientific experimentation using animal models is primafacie necessity and the claims should also be supported by clinically research for a valid conclusion. Shilajatu is in use for clinical condition including Diabetes mellitus, but the reported literature does not reveal any scientific basis of its clinical use in diabetic patient. Hence the present study was undertaken to rationalize the reported use of Shilajatu in Indian system of medicine.
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