CLASSICAL REFERENCES ON STANDARDIZATION AND VALIDATION OF AYURVEDIC DRUGS

Abstract

Traditional Medicine has a vital role in curing various diseases, 70% of world population depending on Traditional Medicine. To achieve better therapeutic values, the medicine should be properly identified, processed so that potent enough to cure the diseases. The increased demand of herbal medicine, people are using the substitutes and adulterants. So we need a help of standardization, in the text we find the reference with respect to the identification, seasonal collection of , synonyms, properties and some specific character of the drug. Sharangadhara gives a correct method of preparation and also the characters of prepared formulations. The standardization of the drug which is explained in the text and the standardizations parameters explained in the Ayuvedic Formulary of India are discussed.