PHARMACEUTICAL STANDARDIZATION OF SHANKHAPANI RASA AN EFFICATIOUS REMEDY IN KASHTARTAVA

Ayurveda is a highly evolved and codified system of life and health science based on its own unique concepts and fundamental principles. Rasa Shastra is a branch of Medicine, which deals with preparation of the drugs with metals and minerals having higher therapeutic efficacy, possessing innate qualities like quick action, less dose, tastelessness, prolonged shelf life and better palatability.To improve the quality of Drug and its efficacy there is a need for proper standardization of Ayurvedic drugs at various levels starting from the selection and collection of raw material to the final product. Keeping this in view, it was decided to conduct a study on Standardization of Shankhapani Rasa a Herbo-Mineral formulation which is effective in the management of Kashtartava.The detailed Pharmaceutical study of Shankhapani Rasa from procurement of raw material to preparation of final product will be discussed in full paper