Abstract

FORMULATION, EVALUATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF POLYHERBAL CHURNA AS AN ANTACID AND LAXATIVE

Dr. Abhijeet S. Kulkarni, Umesh D. Jirole, Anjali D. Yadav*, Abhishek R. Mane and Abhijeet M. Sutar

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Abstract

A polyherbal churna (coarse powder) for antacid and laxative formulation prepared by the combination of herbs such as fennel, amla, ginger, cinnamon, ajowan, myrobalan and coriander to standardize and evaluate the formulation. Sodium bicarbonate was compared to polyherbal churna (coarse powder). The formulation when compared to standard drug highlighted the same acid neutralizing capacity (ANC). With the help of our formulation we studied that, some of disorders like hyperacidity, heartburn, indigestion and constipation can be diminished.

Keywords: Sodium bicarbonate, churna (coarse powder), Antacid, Laxative, Standardization, Evaluation etc.