Abstract

STUDY OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF TAMRA BHASMA IN RELATION TO THE ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF PUTA

Yogesh Bhatambre*, Vaishali Khobragade and Shriram Savrikar

ABSTRACT

Tamra Bhasma (incinerated Copper) is an important and unique Ayurvedic formulation having therapeutic efficacy in various diseases. However, preparation of Tamra Bhasma is a difficult task. Puta, a process of subjecting the drug material to incineration, is an important step in the preparation of Tamra Bhasma. According to some Ayurvedic classics, therapeutic efficacy of Bhasma (incinerated metal) is known to increase proportionately with increased number of Putas (cycles of incinerations). On this background, the present study was designed to study the effect of additional number of Putas (cycles of incinerations) on Tamra Bhasma fulfilling the expected physicochemical characteristics. Physico-chemical analysis of samples of Tamra Bhasma - TB1, Tamra Bhasma after 5th additional Puta (incineration cycle) - TB2 and that after 10th additional Puta (incineration cycle) - TB3; was carried out to assess the importance of additional number of Puta (cycles of incinerations). It was found that increase in number of Puta (cycles of incinerations), changes the Physico-chemical properties of Tamra Bhasma (incinerated Copper) such as chemical composition, particle size and surface morphology are found to be beneficial.

Keywords: Tamra Bhasma, Bhasma Pariksha, Puta, Physico-chemical Analysis.