PHARMACOGNOSTICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL STANDARDISATION OF NIMBADI GHANAVATI - AN AYURVEDIC POLYHERBOMINERAL FORMULATION
Nimbadi Yoga has been mentioned as Anubhuta Yoga by Vd. Devisharan Garga Ayurveda Upadhyaya in “Nari Roganak is selected for the management of Swetapradara i.e. abnormal vaginal discharge. In present study Ghanavati Kalpana is selected as an oral formulation of this Yoga as dose maintenance is to be perfect in Vati form. Pharmacognostical, physicochemical and phyto-chemical (including High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography) observations revealed the specific characters of all active constituents used in the preparation. The present work was carried out to standardize the finished product of Nimbadi Ghanavati to confirm its identity, quality and purity. The presence of stone cells, oil globules, prismatic crystal, scleroid, starch grain, tannin content, trichome etc. were the characteristic features observed in the microscopy of the prepared drug. Identified phytochemical components (Carbohydrates, tannins, fanolic compound, glycosides, steroids and flavonoids etc.) support the intended action of the formulation in abnormal vaginal discharge. Nimbadi Ghanavati, a polyherbal formulation of six ingredients was prepared and HPTLC finger print profile was developed and it can be considered pharmacopial standard