Abstract

VALUE ADDITION OF DIETARY RAW INGREDIENTS THROUGH PREPROCESSING –AN AYURVEDIC AND TRADITIONAL VIEW

Prashant B. Bedarkar*

Abstract

Pathya kalpana; dietary adjuvant formulations are peculiarity of Ayurvedic therapeutics. Principle of Samskara meant to alter the qualities of a drug is widely used in Ayurvedic pharmaceutico therapeutics. Raw food ingredients frequently used in Ayurvedic therapeutics are also mentioned to undergo certain pharmaceutical preprocessing operations, Shodhana but collective information is not documented yet, hence an attempt has been done with this review. Available textbooks on Ayurveda (Laghutrayee, Bruhadtrayee, Nighantu) were screened for pharmaceutical preprocessing of dietary ingredients used in general and not for any particular formulation. Preprocessing of different food ingredients are mentioned in Ayurvedic texts with their mottos, which is peculiarity of Ayurvedic pharmaceutics which are different from preprocessing practiced by contemporary food industry globally and hence their pharmacological evaluation is potent area of research.

Keywords: Pathya kalpana; dietary potent area of research.