Abstract

HERBAL DRUG ADULTERATION IN AYURVEDA

*Dr. Chanchal Thombare, Dr. Sanjivini Shekokar and Dr. Ravindra Kharat

Abstract

Ayurveda is Ancient Holistic science of medicine and Sacred with its traditional values. Ayurveda has its own fundamental principles like Panchbhautik siddhant, Tridosha siddhant etc. Ayurveda’s prime motive to cure disease, prevention of disease & maintance of healthy individual. Nowadays increasing Awareness of traditional system of medicine directly promotes Ayurveda Treatment, so Ayurveda has increasing Demand on global platform. Worldwide there is increasing several type of lifestyle disorders and autoimmune disorders having Ultimate treatment in Ayurveda which Promotes medicine and increasing demand in herbal medicine. But due to certain endangered species, controversies among some of species of drug, deforestation there is less supply of authentic drug, because of these reason in marketing, suppliers admix substitutes, inferior, spurious part of drug to fulfill demand of supply and for commercial profit. Drug adulteration is burning issue in herbal therapeutics. Adulteration is nothing but debasement of article. Responsible which do not give full efficacy of drug preparation and formulation of herbal drug for prevention and promotion of Ayurveda by detection of adulteration using by various analytical techniques we are trying focus on this current burning issue.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Adulteration, Formulation, Substitute.