PHARMACEUTICAL STUDY OF TRIBHUVANKIRTI RASA: A HERBOMINERAL FORMULATION

Tribhuvankirti means familiar in three lokas i.e. Akash, Patal, Pruthvi. The disease which persists at the time of birth and death is Jwara. Tribhuvankirti Rasa is the most efficacious herbomineral ayurvedic drug widely prescribed by physicians for the treatment of different types of Jwara especially Sannipataj Jwara. It is a Kharaliya Rasayana which contains Hingula, Vatsanabha, Trikatu, Tankan, Pippalimoola and Bhavana of Tulsi Patra Swaras, Ardrak Swaras and Dhattur Patra Swaras. In this paper, pharma- ceutical aspects of Tribhuvankirti Rasa prepared by the reference of Yogaratnakar are discussed i.e. de- tailed pharmaceutical procedures adopted for the preparation of Tribhuvankirti Rasa have been dis- cussed such as Vatsanabha Shodhan, Hingul Shodhan, etc. This study will serve as a guide for those who want to reproduce Tribhuvankirti Rasa in future that provide them with the details on what has to be done at each step of production.Keywords: Tribhuvankirti Rasa, Hingul, Tankan, Borax, herbomineral preparation.