Abstract

PARPATI KALPANA W.S.R RASA PARPATI – A CLINICAL REVIEW

Shreenivas Kamble*

ABSTRACT

Parpati Kalpana is one of the four major pharmaceutical preparations having Parad used in Rasa Shastra. It is one of the 25 Rasa Bandhas which helps to remove the Chanchalatva and Durgrahatva of Parad because by having these two properties, Parad cannot be used internally. Parad and Gandhak are the essential constituents to make Parpati as the Bandha word derived to bind the Parad particle with Gandhaka. The Historical evidences of Parpati Kalpana ways back in the 11th Century having references from Chakradatta written by Acharya Chakrapani. The term Parpati (thin flake like medicine) has been used in many context of Rasa Shastra. Parpati is a thin Flake like preparation consisting of Parada, Gandhaka (sulphur) and other drugs which are developed from Parada. This Preparation of Parada consist therapeutically effective minerals and metallic formulations which includes both Sagandha (with sulphur) and Nirgandha (without sulphur) Parada Murchita Yoga (medicines prepared out of mercury). Parpati Rasayanas have high therapeutic value, potency, less toxicity and cost effective preparations. Parpati is mainly used to treat Grahani because of its unique property to dissociate at the intestinal level but during the course of time different Acharyas came with different Parpati having differences in ingredients but having same method of preparation. Thus all Parpati generally have same method of preparation but the differences in ingredients make Parpati having wide range of therapeutics. These wide ranges of Parpati with their therapeutic values are described in this paper.

Keywords: Parpati, Rasa parpati, Rasa Aushadha.