Pharmaceutico Pharmacological Study of Swarna Makshika Bhasma

Abstract

Ayurveda with its most revolutionary discipline known as Rasa Shastra serving human race with more quick action and therapeutic variability. Rasa Shastra with armament of mercurial medicinal preparation, mineralise and metallic bhasma and abundances of herbo mineral preparation is a point of attraction among Ayurvedic physicians on virtue of its characteristic properties of pharmaceutics and therapeutics. All treatise of rasa Shastra from 5 AD to 21 AD are taking care about quality, safety and efficacy of Rasaoushadhies through its individualised pharmaceutical procedures like Shodhan, Maran, Jaran, Sanskar and preparatory methods of specific dosage forms such as Bhasma ,Parpati ,Kupipakwa and pottali etc. newlineSince last three decades there is organised/unorganised fabricated, deliberated attack on safety issue of Rasaoushadhies from local to global fronts. However, we have to accept that some time it is in reality due to compromises made at level of pharmaceutics as well as therapeutics. So, at department of Rasa Shastra, faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University we have accepted these challenges with all other colleagues and fellow scholars of Rasa Shastra spread all across country in different PG departments of Rasa Shastra. newlineMakshika Bhasma ( Swarna Makshika Bhasma ) is the subject matter of this project entitled Pharmaceuto- Pharmacological Study of Swarna Makshika Bhasma . We have tried our best to establish few scientifically validated facts about pharmaceutics and pharmacology of Makshika Bhasma. We have ascertained pharmaceutical procedures, analytical investigations and experimental studies for its anti diabetic effect in this project which are being presented in brief in this abstract. newline