Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON TOXICITY OF VATSNABHA

Ankita Meel*, Jyoti Sharma, Chandan Singh, Rajendra Prasad Purvia, Manoj Kumar Adlakha

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Abstract

Ayurvada is the science of life that is widely practiced in India. It used medicine prepared from plants, animals and mineral origin. Drugs can be divided under poisonous and nonpoisonous category. Vatsnabha (Aconitum ferox) categorized under the sthavara visha (plant origin). Vatsnabha is the only mahavisha which still identified and available. Even a strong poison like vatsnabha can become an excellent medicine if administered properly Vatsnabha is highly toxic in nature even then it is used as a medicine after purification and in therapeutic dose. In therapeutic doses it has capacity to treat many diseases. The present review gives us opportunity to understand the toxic effects, medicinal importance, methods of purification, therapeutic dose antidotes of vatsnabha.

Keywords: Vatsnabha, Visha, Shodhana.