Pharmacognostical and Physico-Chemical Standardization of Triphala Guggulu Vati: An official Ayurvedic Formulation

Abstract

Ayurveda is considered as the “science of life,” because the ancient Indian system of health care focused views of man and his illness. India has an age old heritage of traditional herbal medicine. Herbal drugs are being preferred to synthetic antibiotics. Triphala-guggulu vati is official in Ayurvedic Formulary of India and is prescribed for the treatment of cough and fever. Currently, Triphala is being extensively researched for its various therapeutic effects including its anti-caries, antioxidant, anti-collagenase, and anti‑microbial activities. It is a polyherbal preparation containing five ingredients. In this research paper, an attempt has been made to develop standardization methods for some of the ingredients of Triphala-guggulu vati. A standard laboratory reference sample of Triphala-guggulu vati and two marketed samples were evaluated as per the developed method. All the formulations were standardized on the basis of organoleptic, physical characteristic, physico chemical properties and various pharmacognostical parameters. The standardization study shows that the commercial formulation matches with the authentic standards as per WHO guidelines. The inference from this study can be used as reference standard in further quality control researches.