Abstract

FORMULATION AND PHYTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY BALM PREPARED USING TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT

*Gayatri N. Jundhare, Shravan J. Somani and Dr. Mahesh R. Sherkar

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Abstract

Zandu ultra power balm is topical ayurvedic preparation that contain varies active ingredient such as menthol, terminalia arjuna oil, vitex negundo oil, camphor, coconut oil. There has been an increasing focus on development of new routes of drug administration to provide tailored treatments for patients, without decreasing efficacy of analgesia, in proportion to the progression of the knowledge of pain mechanisms. While acute pain acts as an alarm, chronic pain is a syndrome requiring meticulous selection of analgesic drugs of high bioavailability for long-term use. Such criteria are challenges that topical medications aim to overcome, allowing progressive delivery of active component, maintaining stable plasma levels, with a good safety profile. This review presents recent findings regarding topical formulations of the most widely used drugs for pain treatment.

Keywords: Natural Pain Relief Balm, Vitex Negundoo Oil, Terminalia Arjuna oil.