Pharmaceutico-Analytical study of Vachadi Gana Kwatha and its Ghanvati

Ayurveda is an impeccable and traditional system of medicine that is used to treat various diseases with different drugs. In today’s era, Ayurvedic medicines are getting more popular because of their natural origin and lesser side effects, many traditional medicines in use are derived from medicinal plants, minerals and organic matter. Vachadi Gana is mentioned by Acharya Vagbhatta in his text Ashtang Hridaya for treatment of Medoroga, Kaphaj roga, Ama atisaar, Vataj roga, Urustambha and stanya dosha. Panchvidha Kashaya Kalpanas are fundamental preparations in Ayurvedic pharmaceutics from which various other preparation are attained. Kwatha Kalpana is one of the significant, very effective and widely used dosage form but it has some disadvantages such as bitterness in taste, palatability, feasibility, short shelf life, inconvenience in its preparation, transportation etc; here an effort is made to convert it into new dosage form i.e Vachadi Gana Ghanvati. Aims & objectives: Aim was to prepare samples of Vachadi Gana Kwatha Churna & Vachadi Gana Ghanvati and to evaluate the formulations through Pharmaceutical and analytical measures. Materials & methods: Vachadi Gana Kwatha was formulated then Vachadi Gana Kwatha was formulated as per the reference of Sharangdhar Samhita and Vachadi Gana Ghanvati was prepared by adopting an appropriate heating procedure to Vachadi Gana Kwatha. Results: It was observed that the average yield of Vachadi Gana Kwatha Churna was 98% and yield of Vachadi Ghana was 3.75%. Discussion: Ghanavati is obtained by Ghana Kalpana, it is obtained by extraction method of further heating of Kwatha and it is a most concentrated form of active constituents, easy to consume & easy to handle by patients as compared to Kwatha preparation.