Churnas are important group of formulations used by Ayurvedic and Siddha physicians to treat various types of diseases. Amlakyadi churna is an important ayurvedic formulation, is official in Ayurvedic formulary of India is combination of four reputed herbs, comprised of the fruits Embelica officinalis, Piper longum, Terminalia chebula and roots of Plumbago zylenica and Sendha namak. The formulation is dispensed for the treatment of digestive impairment, fever and dyspepsia. Through the Ayurvedic powder formulation enjoys great reputation, its standardization and quality control parameters are not well defined. . The efforts have been initiated to develop certain methods and parameters for standardization and quality control. In house preparations (thee batches) of churna were prepared as per Ayurvedic Formulary of India. The preparations were standardized according to guidelines of World Health Organization (WHO). Evaluation of quality control parameters for Amlakyadi churna includes determination of extractive values, ash values, foaming index, and swelling index, determination of pH value, various physical parameters and preliminary phytochemical screening. In the present study comparative study of laboratory formulation with established marketed formulation were performed. The results of studies performed on formulation found to be precise, reproducible and can be considered for routine quality control of the formulation.
Loading....