Abstract

PHARMACOGNOSTICAL & PHYSICOCHEMICAL STANDARDIZATION OF YASHTIMADHU TABLET- AN AYURVEDIC FORMULATION

Kashyap Chauhan*, Harisha C.R., Shubhangi Kamble, Hetal P. Baraiya

ABSTRACT

According to the Ayurvedic principles, a drug or therapy should not be only having pacifying effect on disease, but also it must not create any adverse effect or complication. A drug should not be only efficacious, but also easily available. Glycyrrhiza glabra is a commonly used traditional medicinal plant and is found in abundant traditional formulas. Yashtimadhu is considered as Pitta pacifying and effective in all Pittaja Vikara in Ayurvedic treatises hence Yashtimadhu was selected in the present study for the management of Pitta Prakopa. The present study was aimed at setting up a standard profile of Yashtimadhu Tablet which was prepared using pharmacognostically authenticated the root of Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn.) drug followed by subjecting it to detailed physicochemical analysis as per standard protocol. The observations were systematically recorded. Pharmacognostical findings (Border pitted vessel, Compound starch grain, Cork in surface, Crystal fibre, Rhomboidal crystal, Lignified fibres, Simple fibre, Simple starch grains, Scleroides, Tannins etc.) confirm the ingredient i.e. root of Yashtimadhu present in the Yashtimadhu Tablet as per API which support the intended action of the formulation in Pittaprakopavastha.

Keywords: Pharmacognosy, Physico-chemical analysis, Pittaprakopavastha, Yashtimadhu Tablet.