Abstract

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON VEDANASTHAPAN EFFECT OF KATPHALA CHURNA

*Dr. Nishma P. Nanavati, Dr. Prashant Jha and Dr. Dipa Mehta

ABSTRACT

Pain said to be one of the nature’s earliest sign of morbidity. Pain is also one of the commonest presentation seen in medical practice due to modern life style and stress, which brings disturbance in equilibrium state of a person. In order to manage such conditions, there are number of drugs available in Ayurveda. For relieving pain Acharya Charaka mentioned Vedanasthapana Mahakashaya1, in which Katphala (Myrica Nagi thumb.) is one among them. In the present study, Katphala Churna is selected to evaluate its Vedanasthapana activity. Methodology -The efficacy of Katphala Churna is evaluated on experimental method by using Eddy’s Hot plate method on albino rats. Result - The experimental conducted on albino rats showed an excellent latency time in the different intervals through the Eddy’s Hot plate method. Conclusion - it is noted that the reason for the inhibition of pain is possible by the aid of ushna veerya and kapha-vataghna properties of the dravya Katphala.

Keywords: Vedanasthapana, Mahakashaya, Churna.