Abstract

PHYSICO CHEMICAL STANDARDIZATION OF SIDDHA PREPARATION KASA SWASA KSHAYA KULANTHAGA MATHIRAI

K. Sudha*, M. Ravichandran**

ABSTRACT

Owing to longstanding and time proven uses of herbo-mineral drug along with their safety margins, World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken necessary steps to ensure quality control with modern techniques and application of suitable standards for this purpose. The pharmacopoeias of different countries include monographs indicating quality parameters and standards for various herbal drugs and also their products. For the purpose of quality control of herbal drugs, W.H.O. has prepared accordingly the guidelines. The objectives put forth are provisions for recommended general test methods and also the general limits for contaminants for herbal drugs. In the literature of Siddha Research Pharmacopeia, there is a preparation, called “Kasa swasa kshya kulanthaga mathirai”, which is exclusively indicated for Eraippu noi(Bronchial asthma).The quality assessment of this herbo-mineral formulation is of paramount importance in order to justify their acceptability in modern system of medicine. Standardization of herbo-mineral formulations is essential in order to assess of quality drugs, based on the concentration of their active principles, physical, chemical, phyto-chemical, and standardization.

Keywords: siddha, standardization, Kasa swasa kshaya kulanthaga mathirai.