REVIEW ARTICLE ON HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTION OF KATUKI
Dr. Prachi Gangwar*, Dr. Love Krishna Pal Singh Rathore, Dr. Rashmi Gupta and Dr. Lakshman Singh
ABSTRACT
Gallstones are the most common extrahepatic biliary pathology. Gallstones affect approximately 5-25% of adults in the Western world. Gallstones are crystalline deposits in the gallbladder. The prevalence of gallstones varies between 5% and 25%, with a higher prevalence in Western countries, women, and older age group. The cholelithiasis management is symptomatic and primarily aims at removing the stones from the gallbladder or bileducts. In modern several drugs to dissolve gall stones has been described but at the same time it may produce side effects like mild diarrhoea, temporarily raised level of blood cholesterol, prolonged duration of therapy, after leaving the therapy recurrence occur etc. Thus, this review article brings together various properties and medicinal uses of highly valuable drug Katuki (Piccorhiza kurroa) described in Ayurveda, along with phytochemical and pharmacological properties. The purpose of this review is to highlight all the existing properties of P. kurroa with a special focus on its hepatoprotective and lithotrypsic activity which may provide incentive for better evaluation of plant as medicinal agent.
Keywords: Cholelithiasis, Katuki, Lithotrypsic, Picrorhiza kurroa etc.
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