PREPARATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF MADURISHT: POLYHERBAL FORMULATION

Abstract

Pharmaceutical ayurvedic research is aimed at meeting the medical needs of the population for whom appropriate therapeutic remedies are not available or at those that are available are but not effective for various disorders. While meeting medical needs of a polyherbal formulation set some parameters to ensure that the formulation shows desired pharmacological action against various diseases. The selection of an appropriate drug should take into account apart from medical needs and innovative potential for success. The standardization of crude drug materials includes authentication, organoleptic evaluation, ash values, extractive values, moisture content determination and Carr’s index etc. These parameters are required for authentication of any herbal drug and its formulation.