ANALYTICAL STANDARDIZATION AND QUALITY EVALUATION OF BHASMA AS AN ANCIENT AYURVEDA FORMULATION

Abstract

Rasa-Shastra utilizes medicinal products sourced from mineral and metallic origin to handle different health ailments. These formulations are designed to possess desired qualities such as non-toxicity, palatability, easy assimilation, adaptability and therapeutic potency. The Ayurvedic herbo-mineral preparations come under the umbrella of Rasa-Shastra and these formulations renowned for their properties and ability to treat wide range of diseases. These formulations commonly take the form of Rasayoga, Parpati, Pishti and Sindoora. However, quality evaluation and standardization protocol of these formulations prerequisite to ensure their quality and desired therapeutic potency. Ayurveda as well as modern science suggested various quality parameters and methods to evaluate them for establishing quality standard of these ancient formulations. Present article described analytical standardization and quality evaluation of Bhasma formulations.

Key-Words: Ayurveda, Bhasma, Standardization, Quality, Rasa-Shastra