Abstract

FORMULATION AND TESTING OF HERBAL SYRUP FOR COUGH AND ASTHMA

Nudrat Fatima*, Faiza Muzaffar, Asma Wazir, Shazia Syed and Javeria Sheikh

ABSTRACT

Asthmatic patients are increasing day by day in Karachi due to various environmental reasons. In the scenario of COVID 19 asthmatic patients are at higher risk of the viral infectious disease. Nature has solution for all problems that have risen in this ecosphere. Keeping hopes high, we have taken step to find solution with use of all natural ingredients that have been reported centuries ago and came up with comparatively safer solution for this problem. In present research some natural herbs are used to develop safe and cost effective syrup for cough and asthma. The aqueous extracts of selected herbs were formulated in particular ratio to syrup form using Honey as a flavor and expectorant. Formulated syrup was then tested for physicochemical parameters, toxicity and inflammation on research animals. The formulation was found to be safe and effective regarding initial testing. Further work on stability and clinical testing is in process.

Keywords: Antiasthma; Cough; Herbal syrup; Anti-inflammatory.