ISBN : 978-81-19908-58-5
Category : Academic
Catalogue : Medical And Nursing
ID : SB20823
Kumariasava - A Pharmacodynamic Perspective
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Dr. Anita wanjari , Dr. Pratiksha Rathod, Dr. Anjali Katore
Paperback
299.00
e Book
150.00
Pages : 114
Language : English
About Book
Science of Ayurveda medicine has grown in importance in the modern society in the areas of disease prevention and treatment. Sandhana Kalpana is an age-old drug fermentation process offered by Ayurveda science. Asava-Arishta is regarded as a special formulation since it contains self-produced alcohol that serves as self-preservative. These are indicated in various diseases and have medicinal as well as nutritive value. These are having longer shelf life, quick absorption, and maximum bioavailability. Sandhana is the fermentation process of liquids along with drugs by keeping them in a closed vessel for a specific period at a constant temperature. It is a unique dosage form in which acidic and alcoholic fermented formulations are prepared called Asava and Arishta, the main alcoholic products of Sandhana Kalpana, well known from the Vedic period and quite popular among Ayurvedic physicians due to its medicinal as well as nutritive values. Compared to other preparations these are having longer shelf life, quick absorption, and maximum bioavailability. Arishta is prepared with the decoction of herbs in boiling water while Asava is prepared by directly using fresh medicinal herbs juice. Asava-Arishta represents a unique concept and classical Ayurvedic pharmaceutical dosage forms. Polyherbal formulations named on the prominent ingredient Aloe vera (Kumari) which is used to treat a variety of disorders to obtain better therapeutic results. The present book reviews a classical polyherbal formulation, Kumari asava, mentioned in the Ayurveda texts, Sharangdhara Samhita, Gadanigraha, Yogratnakar, and Ayurved Sarasangragha
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