Abstract

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY POTENTIAL OF ARDHABILVA KWATHA CHURNA, A POLYHERBAL FORMULATION – A REVIEW

Trupti Acharya, Vikas Kumar Sharma and Dinesh Gupta*

Abstract

Inflammation is a healthy process resulting from some disturbance or disease. Anti-inflammatory drugs. The signs of inflammation are redness elevated heat, swelling, pain, loss of function. Inflammation process plays a protective role in our body and in some conditions produces some negative effects such as conditions include the inflammatory dirsorders. Anti-inflammatory drugs are agents that reduce inflammation. These NSAIDs are also known to cause liver and kidney damage with long-term use. In Ayurvedic polyherbal formulations are widely prescribed for a wide range of inflammatory conditions. The easy availability, low cost and negligible side effects, natural products are popular in the nowadays in the world. Hence the anti -inflammatory potential of Ardhabilva kwatha churna, polyherbal formulation mentioned in the text is taken for review. Different research and review article were searched in different journals to establish the anti-inflammatory potential of Ardhabilva kwatha churna. This enables practitioners to use these formulations in a safe and responsible way.

Keywords: Inflammation, anti-inflammatory, bilva, punernava, polyherbal, sphoa.