Abstract

COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL PHARMA-CEUTICAL STUDY OF HARTAL (ORPIMENT) BEFORE AND AFTER SHODHANA (PURIFICATION)

*Dr. Ankita Subhash Kale (PG Scholar) and Dr. D. D. Bhise (Guide & HOD)

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Abstract

Hartal is one of the uparasa mention in Rasagranthas. Hartala is called orpiment or yellow arsenic with two molecules of arsenic and three molecules of sulphur (AS2S3). Patra hartal is shreshtha than pinda hartal. Ashodhit (impure) hartal causes many diseases such as prameha, santapa, vattaprakop and kaphaprakop janya vyadhi, snayu sankoch, sphota. Hence shodhana of hartal is essential. Shodhana is the process of removing chemical, physical impurities and potentiating of drugs. There are different medias are explained in rasagrantha for shodhana of hartal. Such as kushmanda swarasa triphala kwatha, gomutra, kanji. According to shodhana process there will be chemically and physically change in shodhit (purified) hartala. According to media of purification quality and physicochemical properties of hartal will vary than ashodhit hartal. Present study includes shodhana of patra hartal as per classical reference of Rasatarangini. Where shodhana of patra hartal is done by kushmanda (Benincasa hispida) swarasa and triphala kwatha. The analytical study reveals that there will be some changes in properties of shuddha hartal than ashuddha hartal. The differences in the parameters reveals that the importance of purification and also the properties of media used.

Keywords: vattaprakop and kaphaprakop janya vyadhi, snayu sankoch, sphota.