Abstract

A DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW OF PARPATI KALPANA

Vishal Marotrao Nandurkar* and Abhay M. Kadu

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Abstract

Rasashastra means the science of mercury. It is a specialised branch of Ayurveda dealing mainly with the materials known as 'Rasadravyas'. It mainly revolves around 'Mercury' and it's preparations. The process in which is subjected to various pharmaceutical processes to become useful as medicine Parad murcchita medicines are of 4 types viz. Khalvi rasayan, Parpati rasayan, Pottali rasayan, Kupipakwa rasayan. Amongst these above 4 Rasakalpa Parpati Kalpana are unique and specially mentioned for treatment of Grahani Roga. Parpati is sagandha sagni murcchana of parad. Parpati is a pot bandha of parad. The process by which dosha of parad like chapalat Parada and durgrahtva are destroyed is called as parad bandha. These are of 26 types. Kajjali is melted with the help of Agni and this molten kajjali is pressed between kadalipatra to form flake like structure called Parpati. Parpati Formulations are mainly prescribed in the diseases of gastrointestinal tract perticularly Grahani, Atisar, Arsha, Pravahika, Mandagni etc. So in this paper an honest attempt have ‘A Descriptive Overview of Parpati Kalpana’.

Keywords: Parad Murcchana, Potbandha, Parpati, Rasa Parpati, Grahani, Kajjali.