ABSTRACT

Ayurveda pharmaceutics deals with concocting of formulations in varied dosage forms such as juices, paste, decoction, cold infusion and hot infusion that are considered as primary preparations as well as secondary preparations like confectionaries, lipid soluble dosage forms, etc. These dosage forms are administered through various routes, and one of the route is through nasal route in the form of drops. Nasal route of drug administration is said to be better as it skips passing through the first phase metabolism and action is quicker. In Ayurveda treatises it is mentioned that nasya or nasal drops administration is a gate way to the shiras or head and is mainly indicated in diseases of urdhwajatrugata vyadhi (diseases above the neck). The commonly used dosage form for nasya is oil or ghee preparations as they easily get absorbed by mucous membrane of nasal cavity and get readily transmitted to cranial cavity. In a treatise of Ayurveda pharmaceutics named Arka Prakasha, a few arka or distillates are said to be used as nasya (nasal drops). The advantage of using arka as nasya is that arka is said to be the most potent compared to the other preparations and has longer shelf life. It has better patient compliant owing to its odour, taste and consistency. Six arka preparations are mentioned to be used as nasya and all are mainly indicated in diseases of the urdwajatrugata vikara. Keywords: Nasya, nasal drops, Arka, distillates, urdhwajatrugata vyadhi
Publication date: 01/08/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.8.6305