AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ANALGESIC EFFECT OF ASHOKA (SARACA ASOCA) COLLECTED IN DIFFERENT SEASONS

Abstract

The observations and the inferences drawn by ancient Acharyas regarding the plant material, appear very rational on the background of recently accumulated knowledge about the variation in phyto-chemical contents of plants, which is known to occur depending on place and time of collection. The study aims at analgesic effect of Ashoka bark collected during different seasons. For the present study, Ashoka bark was collected in different season from Alvas herbal garden, Moodbidri is used for analysis. Analgesic effect of Ashoka bark was done to screen for its Analgesic activity. From the observation it is found that Analgesic activity by Eddy’s hot plate method shows the time taken to tolerate the pain sensation is markedly increased in Sharat, Vasanta and Greeshma rutu’s. It is observed that the trial drug Ashoka bark in the given dose shows moderate therapeutic action as Analgesic