Comparative pharmacognostical and pharmaceutical evaluation of Vyaghri haritaki avaleha - an ayurvedic formulation

Abstract

Kasa is well-defined clinical condition in Brihadtrayi, clearly correlate with cough and its pathophysiology exactly correlates with the mechanism of cough reflex in contemporary medical science. Everywhere, Paediatric Outdoor Patients Department (OPD) has more than half of the total patients having respiratory tract complaints. So, to treat the disease Kasa, Vyaghri Haritaki Avaleha (VHA) was taken from Bhaishajya Ratnavali. The present work was carried out to standardize the raw drugs and finished product-VHA with comparing API standards and previous research work done in same institute to conform its identity, quality and purity of the final product. The pharmacognostical work reveals that presence of Epidermis, Cork, Pericycle, Phloem etc. from Kantakari; Lignified fibre, Stone cells etc. of Haritaki; Aluerone grains, Prismatic crystals etc. of Shunthi observed microscopically. Organoleptic features of VHA made out of the crude drugs were within the standard range. The pH value of VHA was 4.5, Water soluble extract was 71.9 %w/w, Loss on drying was 30.41 %w/w, Reducing sugar was 27.92 %w/w and High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) at 254nm and 366nm resulted into 2 and 5 spots respectively

Physicochemical and Phytochemical Analysis of Ela (Elettaria Cardamomum) and Pippali (Piper Longum)

“…2 Analytical procedure helps in determination of the presence of the materials in terms of Phytochemicals or compounds in the test drug. It is commonly used in chemical, clinical and pharmaceutical research laboratories as a part of quality control measures It is used for the standardizations of various Ayurvedic formulations i.e., Vasa Avaleha, 3 Vyaghri haritaki 4 Avaleha, Kanakabindvarishta, 5 Mahasudarshan churna, Balachaturbhadra churna etc. Keeping this in view, attempt has been made to evaluate the physicochemical, phytochemical analysis of root of Piper longum Linn and Elettaria cardamomum.…”