COMPARATIVE PHARMACEUTICO ANALYTICAL STUDY OF CHYAVANPRASHA YOGA DESCRIBED IN CHARAKA SAMHITA AND SHARANGADHARA SAMHITA

Abstract

Chyavanprasha Avaleha is widely prescribed & even very popular as an over the counter
product. There are various references for Chyavanprasha Avaleha in Ayurvedic texts.
Among them, references in Charaka Samhita and Sharangadhara Samhita are significant.
The rationality and utility of these techniques of preparation need to be evaluated. Till now
studies done on Chyavanprasha Avaleha have not highlighted the differences between the
two methods. Hence this study was undertaken, which was classified in to two divisions
Pharmaceutical study, Analytical study prepared by two methods. Preparation of
Chyavanprasha Avaleha as carried out as per references of Charaka Samhita and
Sharangdhara Samhita. The method of preparation was same in both the references except
in frying of Amalaki pulp where, Charaka Samhita mentioned both Ghrita & Taila, whereas
Sharangdhara Samhita mentioned only Ghrita. Chyavanprasha Avaleha was subjected to
analytical study to establish the standards in terms of Organoleptic Characters and
Physicochemical constants, which were carried out at SDM Centre for research in Ayurveda
& Allied sciences, Udupi.
Results : Analysis of the results obtained from the Analytical study revealed that the total fat
content was more in Chyavanprasha Avaleha prepared by Charaka Samhita method
compared to Sharangdhara Samhita method.