Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Rasasastra is a branch which deals with medicinal properties of minerals and metals. According to the dif-ferent process involved and shape of the product acharyas have classified rasaushadhis as Khalveeya ra-sa, Parpati, Pottali and Koopipakwa rasa. By the preparation of above mentioned rasaushadhis Acharyas mainly aimed to reduce the toxicity as well as the dosage. Many of these can act as emergency medicines. Increased global curiosity regarding the safety and efficacy of various metallic and mineral preparations in Rasasastra, there is an imminent need to pay attention to the establishment of Standard operating proce-dure (SOP) for producing good quality product by following certain parameters fixed after a number of experiments. Pharmaceutical study of Mriganka Rasa is an attempt to unfold the idea behind the technique used to prepare the drug. It is a metallic preparation described in Rasayogasagaram and Si-dhabheshajamanimala in the kshaya prakaranam which contains mainly Vangam, Gandhaka, Navasara and saindhava lavanam. It is a koopipakwa preparation which is mainly indicated for all types of Prameha. Most of the koopipakwa rasas contain mercury as a main content. But in this preparation mercury is ab-sent. Wide range of indications from Prameha to Dhatukshaya shows its efficacy. So, knowing its pharma-ceutical and therapeutical importance the present study has been conducted. Methodology includes phar-maceutical study with observations and results. Pharmaceutical part of the study was conducted as per the textual reference of Rasayogasagaram. The average yield of gandhaka after shodhana was 291.33g, nav-asara was 485g, vanga was 140.83g, jaritha vanga was 119.66g, navasara saindhava satva was 112.66g and that of the mrigankarasa was 50g
Authors: Syama Maniyankutty, Gauthaman M
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3137110896