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PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL PROFILE OF TRIPHALADI GHANA VATI: AN AYURVEDIC APPROACH TO MANAGING YAUVANPIDIKA

Kinjal Sherasia*, Dr. Hetal Vyas, Dr. Megha Pandya and Harisha C. R.

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Background: Triphaladi Ghana Vati is a made up of 9 ingredients i.e. Triphala, manjistha, Nimba, Patola, Haridra, Vacha, Katuki. Which is mentioned in Charaka Samhita under Kushtha Chikitsa. Here, this medicine is used for acne management, yet no studies have been conducted specifically on Triphaldi Ghana Vati for the treatment of Acne Vulgaris. Therefore, to ensure the quality of this herbal formulation, pharmacognostical and pharmaceutical analyses were performed. Methods: Triphladi Ghana Vati was subjected to microscopic evaluation for pharmacognostical identification and various physiochemical tests, including loss on drying, water and acidinsoluble extracts, hardness of the Vati, pH value, and thin layer chromatography (TLC). Results: The pharmacognostical study revealed characteristic features of the ingredients used in Triphaldi Ghana Vati. The physiochemical analysis showed the following results: loss on drying 14.278% w/w, Ash value 8.17% w/w, water-insoluble extract 53.4%, acid-insoluble extract 59.7%, Vati hardness 3.8, and pH value 6.5. TLC analysis identified four spots at 254 nm and two spots at 366 nm. Conclusions: The pharmacognostical and physicochemical studies of Triphaladi Ghana Vati conform to standard parameters, providing a foundation for further research on the therapeutic efficacy of this Vati formulation.

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