European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PRELIMINARY PHYSICOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF VAITARANA BASTI

Praveen Kumar K.S.*, Anup B. Thakar, Harisha C. R., V. J. Shukla

ABSTRACT

Vaiatarana basti is a preparation mentioned for management of Gridhrasi by Vangasena and has Guda, Amlika, Taila and Go-payah as its ingredients. It is having Vata and Kapha samana properties and will help in normalizing doshas responsible for the disease condition. Gridhrasi comes under vatavyadhi and shoola (pain) is its major symptom. A pharmacognostical study involving the microscopy of liquid Vaitarana Basti and a physicochemical analysis of the same were carried out to evaluate the quality of the formulation and to develop its profile. On pharmacognostical study, acicular crystals and fibres of tamarind, loosely arranged mesocarpal cells with brown content of tamarind, oil globules of sesame oil and milk were identified. Analytical study showed 9 spots at 254 nm and 1 spot at 366 nm. The specific gravity of the sample was found as 1.079 and the density as 1.04188 gm/ml. The parameters presented in this paper may serve as standard reference for the quality control analysis of Vaitarana Basti.

Keywords: Vaitarana Basti, Gridhrasi, Sciatica, Vatavyadhi, Shoolahara, Analgesic.