Abstract

A CRITICAL STUDY ON MAKSHIKA BHASMA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCES TO DIFFERENT CLASSICAL TEXT

Dr. Pratibha Prakash Kharat*

Abstract

Ayurveda with its most revolutionary discipline known as Rasa Shastra serving human race with more quick action and therapeutic variability. Rasa Shastra with armament of mercurial medicinal preparation, mineralise & metallic bhasma and abundances of herbo mineral preparation is a point of attraction among Ayurvedic physicians on virtue of its characteristic properties of pharmaceutics and therapeutics. All treatise of rasa Shastra from 5 AD to 21 AD are taking care about quality, safety and efficacy of Rasaoushadhies through its individualised pharmaceutical procedures like Shodhan, Maran, Jaran, Sanskar and preparatory methods of specific dosage forms such as Bhasma, Parpati, Kupipakwa and pottali etc.

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