A SURVEY STUDY ON PARPATI KALPANA

Abstract

Rasa shastra is one of the most important branches of Ayurveda which deals with inorganic, herbo-mineral and metallic pharmaceutical preparations like kharaliya rasayana, parpati rasayana, pottali rasayana and kupipakva rasayana. Parpati rasayana is one among rasa aushadhi which is very effective and can be prepared with less effort. In this era many ayurvedacharya prescribe parpati in many diseases and some don’t, considering the dread of heavy metal toxicity and overdose. Hence, for removing this myth a pharmaceutical study& survey and clinical survey was performed to collect data on preparation and practice of parpati. Rasa parpati, Tamra parpati, Loha parpati and Shweta parpati were prepared classi-cally and observed. Two questionnaires were prepared and sent to three pharmacies and thirty practitioners and ample of data was collected from their experiences with parpati kalpana. On pharmaceutical preparation, an average of 13-18% of loss was observed in Rasa parpati, Tamra parpati and Loha parpati; and 50% of loss was observed in Shweta parpati. The parpati are commonly marketed in powder form; Shweta parpati and Panchamruta parpati are more commercial and no Adverse Drug Reaction is reported to any pharmacy. 28 out of 30 practitioners use parpati kalpana; Panchamruta parpati is more in practice; Adverse Drug Reaction was observed in Shweta parpati and Panchamruta parpati which are treated symptomatically.