Abstract

INGREDIENT IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYTICAL EVALUATION OF MEDHYA CHURNA: AN AYURVEDIC COMPOUND FORMULATION

Palak Purohit*, K.S. Patel, V.K. Kori, Harisha C.R. and Shukla V.J.

Abstract

Cerebral palsy (CP), a static, non-progressive disorder caused by brain insult or injury in the prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal time period, is the major developmental disability affecting normally control motor functions and it has the potential to have an effect on the overall development of a child. Medhya Churna (MC) is an anubhoot yoga which is used in many deseases especially in Cerebral Palsy (CP) for many years in OPD of Kaumarbhritya department of IPGT & RA, Jamnagar. Medhya Churna contais Brahmmi, Shankhpushpi, Yeshtimadhu, Guduchi, Pippali and Vacha. The present study was carried out to standardize the finished product MC to confirm its identity, purity and quality. The presence of Epidermal cells, Colonchyma cells, Starch grains, Covering trichoma, Crystal fibers, Pitted vessels, Rhomboidal crystals, Olio resin etc were the characteristic features of observed in microscopy of drug. Physico chemical analysis shows water soluble extract is 14.2% w/w, methanol soluble extract is 9.32% w/w, ash value is 7.43% w/w and PH is 6.5. High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) at 254 nm and 366 nm resulted into 4 & 3 spots respectively.

Keywords: Medhya churna, Cerebral Palsy, Pharmacognocy, Pharmaceutics, HPTLC.