A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THESIS WORKS DONE ON RASAKARPURA

Rasakarpura is a mercurial preparation in the field of ayurved. It is a Nirgangha (without using sulphur as an ingredient) type of kupipakva (sublime) metallic preparation. There are different 53 methods for the preparation of Rasakarpura. Different opinions about mercuric chloride, mercurous chloride or mixture of both as chemical composition of final product are available in classical books of ayurved. Various types of research works on Rasakarpura were also carried out in many institutes of ayurved. Therefore here an attempt was made to compile those MD (Ayu) and PhD works so that some conclusions are drawn to identify the Rasakarpura and its chemical composition.