Open AccessProcess standardization of Swarna Makshika Shodhana (purification) in Triphala Kwatha (decoction)
Author(s) -
Krushn Kumar Taviad,
Shweta Vekariya,
Prashant Bedarkar,
R Galib,
Biswajyoti Patgiri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ayu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-9382
pISSN - 0974-8520
DOI - 10.4103/ayu.ayu_26_18
Subject(s) - traditional medicine , terminalia chebula , decoction , medicine , combretaceae
Swarna Makshika (SM) is a brassy golden yellowish mineral with chemical composition of CuFeS 2 that is widely used in therapeutics to treat various disease conditions such as Prameha (diabetes), Panḍu (anemia), Kushtha (skin diseases) and Jwara (fever). This mineral needs to be processed by the following specified Ayurveda guidelines in order to make it therapeutically safe and more potent. These processes include Shodhana (preliminary process of eliminating unwanted substances), Marana (incineration) and Amritikarana (nectorization) that are mandatory and play a crucial role in therapeutics. However, till date, no published reports are available on standard manufacturing procedure of SM Shodhana .