Standardization of a Polyherbal <i>Ayurvedic </i>Formulation: <i>Ayaskrti</i>

Abstract

The present study deals with standardization of <i style="">ayaskrti, </i>known to be effective in <i style="">adhmana </i>(flatulence with gargling sound), <i>p</i><i style="">andu </i>(anaemia), <i style="">sula </i>(pain), <i>p</i><i style="">arsvasula </i>(intercostals neuralgia and pleurodynia), diabetes, piles, lithnotriptic, anorexia, worms, malabsorption, diarrhoea and obesity. Formulation has been standardized by following modern scientific quality control procedures for the finished product according to the <i style="">Ayurvedic</i> pharmacopoeia such as organoleptic study, physic-chemical analysis and high performance thin layer chromatoghaphy (HPTLC). The obtained values of physical and chemical parameters can be adopted to lay down new standards for analysis of <i style="">ayaskrti</i> to check batch to batch variation. Quantitative evaluation of gallic acid in <i style="">ayaskrti</i> by HPTLC found to be in the range of 8.10 to 8.29 <img src='/image/spc_char/micro.gif' border=0> g/ml.