Abstract

COMPARATIVE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF SHODHITA, MARITA AND SATWAPATITA SHILAJATU

Anita Kumari*, R. S. Sarashetti, Kashinath Hadimur, K. A. Patil and Anil Bhardwaj

ABSTRACT

Charaka has strongly advocated the multidimentional property of shilajatu. It is said that the administration of shilajatu with proper time and with proper anupan cure almost all the curable diseases in the world. To prove this thing acharaya charak has coated that “Na so asthi rogo bhuvi sadhyarupa shilahva ya na jayet prashyI tatkalyogevidhibhi prayukta swasthsya chorcha vipula dadati”. In ayurveda the word krimigna and kushtgna properties can be campare to antibacterial and antifungal that is (antimicrobial). The word krimi is campared to various types of micro organismin in contemporary science, which include bacteria and fungi etc. The ancient physician were well acquainted with the disease manifested from micro-organisms. These are exogenous or outside the body, but cause the disease when they enter into the body. These krimis are causative factors for the manifestation of so many kind of diseases. Shodhita shilajatu, marita shilajatu, satwapatita shilajatu, Benzathine penicillin (antibacterial), Flucanazole (antifungal), distilled water formed the drug materials and 4 strains of bacteria & 2 strains of fungi, agar media, chemicals & glass wears formed the materials for study. Cup plate method was followed.

Keywords: Charaka multidimentional Cup plate method was followed.