STANDARDIZATION OF SAPTAMRUTA LOHA

Abstract

Ras-shastra is a science of metal, minerals, as well as herbomineral preparations. Standardization of herbomineral drug is today’s burning issue due to its complexity. So multi dimensional approach is essential for standardizing compound drugs. In the present time apart from insufficient knowledge of Ayurveda, the standards of Ayurvedic formulations are into worst predicament than ever before because of highly evolved technology and scanning of human system coupled with health awareness. So that study Standardization of Saptamruta Loha was undertaken to understand the basic idea about the present Drug Standardization, Bhasma kalpana and Kharaliya kalpana, as per modern analytical methods as well as Ayurvedic textual parameters.