ROLE OF DIFFERENT MEDIUM ON ABHRAKA SHODHANA A PHARMACEUTICAL STUDY

Authors

  • Pankaj Rai Assistant Professor, Department of Rasa Shastra and Bhaishjaya Kalpana , Major S D Singh Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital, Farrukhaabad, Uttar Pradesh
  • Laxmi Narayan Gupta Assistant. Professor, Dept. of Rasa Shastra, Faculty of Ayurveda, Banaras Hindu Univer-sity, Varanasi.
  • Siddaram Arawatti Assistant Professor, Department of Shalya Tantra, Major S D Singh Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital, Farrukhaabad, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Neeraj Kumar Professor, Dept. of Rasa Shastra, Faculty of Ayurveda, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Keywords:

Metals, Minerals, Bhasma, Shodhana, Medium

Abstract

Metals and minerals are used in Ayurveda in the form of bhasma to treat patients since thou-sands of year. Bhasma, is a ayurvedic metallic/mineral preparation treated with herbal juices or decoction and exposed for certain quantum of heat as per puta system described in marana (calcination). Before the process of marana, shodhana (purification) process is carried out. Abhraka is an important mineral of much therapeutic purposes. Many liquid medium are mentioned in Ayurvedic texts for Abhraka shodhana. In this paper an attempt is made to find out the role of different medium in the pharmaceutical process of Abhraka.

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Published

15-09-2015

How to Cite

Pankaj Rai, Laxmi Narayan Gupta, Siddaram Arawatti, & Neeraj Kumar. (2015). ROLE OF DIFFERENT MEDIUM ON ABHRAKA SHODHANA A PHARMACEUTICAL STUDY. International Journal of Applied Ayurved Research, 2(2), 202–205. Retrieved from https://ijaar.in/index.php/journal/article/view/106

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): JULY-AUG 2015

Section

Research Articles
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