ABSTRACT

Introduction Kapardaka (Cypraea moneta linn.) is a mineral drug mentioned under sadharana rasa, as well as sudhavarga/ shukla varga dravya. It is identified as “marine shell” cowry or as cowrie in English. It is indicated in conditions like agnimandya, grahani roga, kshaya roga, karnasrava, netraroga and in all types of udara shoola.The Namburi Phased Spot Test (NPST), a test based on chemical reaction, is a technique for quality assessment of Sindura and bhasma. Materials and Methods Shodhana of kapardaka is performed by Swedana in dolayantra with takra for three hours for both samples. Marana wasperformed by two different methods for two samples of kapardaka. First sample was prepared by direct agni method and second method was prepared by puta method. Both the bhasma samples were subjected for NPST. Observation and Results The prepared samples were analyzed by classical bhasma pareeksha, pH and NPST. Both the sample passed the bhasma parreksha and pH of sample 2 was slightly alkaline than sample 1. The obtained results of NPST were compared to standard value as per CCRAS guidelines. Discussion For marana, direct agni method was easy as compared to the second method done by puta method based on the cost and time. pH is slightly more alkaline in agni method in comparison to puta method, this could be due to the bhavana dravya and trituration time in puta method. Kapardaka bhasma is enriched in calcium content which is alkaline in nature. It turns yellow haridra paper to pink. CONCLUSION Preliminary analytical study conducted showed the same parameters for pH, bhasma pareeksha and NPST. The bhasma prepared by direct agni method can be taken for further analytical and clinical research works. Keywords: NPST, Marana, Kapardaka bhasma
Publication date: 1/1/21

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.1.5333