A LITERARY REVIEW ON CHURNA - AYURVEDA DOSAGE FORM

Abstract

Bhaishajya Kalpana describes various types of dosage forms mainly prepared from herbal ingredients. The term Churna may be applied to the powder prepared by a single drug or a combination of more drugs. It may be considered as modified form of Kalka Kapana. For attaining better therapeutic results, it is advisable to powder all the drugs of formulation separately and then only they are supposed to be mixed together uniformly. It can be used as main medicament in the treatment of many diseases. It has both advantages and disadvantages. It can be used as Prakshepaka Dravya along with quantity & Sevana Vidhi. Hence, the prepared drug is to be stored in Air tight containers for packaging with maintaining quality parameters.