ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF ANAND BHAIRAV RAS AND ITS INGREDIENTS: AN OVERVIEW

I n Ayurveda infectious diseases and their epidemics have been discussed under the heading of Aupsargic Vyadhi and Janpadodhvan s re spectively. Abundant of herbal, mineral a nd herbomineral preparations have been fo und in Ayurveda which have been continuously used for infectious disease by Ayurvedic practi ti on e r . Anand Bhairav Ras is one of them. Anand Bhairav Ras ( ABR ) contains pure Hi ngula, pure Vatsnabh, Tankan, Marich and Pipali in equal part. Most of the ingredient are having Katu, Tikt Ras, Ushna Virya in property which is helpful to inhibit the growth of microorganism within living system b y reducing the Kleda (wetness). Review of index Journal s for antimicrobial properties of ingredient s of ABR show that they are more sensitive to bacteria e specially enterogenic pathogen. Hence ABR can be used in infectious disease especially caused by enterogenic pathogen in therapeutic dose. In t his article we tried to highlight, evaluate and discussed the antimicrobial properties and sensitivity of ABR and its ingredients.