ANALYTICAL STUDY OF SHATAHWADI GHRITA: A POLYHERBAL AYURVEDIC FORMULATION

The eye is the most significant sense organ to process the world around us. As quoted in Ashtanga Hridaya, every person should sincerely attempt to maintain their vision till their last breath since, for a person who is blind, day and night are the same, and this lovely world is of no value to him even if he is wealthy. Shatahwadi ghrita is an Ayurvedic formulation mentioned in Ashtanga Hridaya in the management of timira. The content of this ghrita is Shatahva, Kushta, Nalada, Kakoli, Ksheerkakoli, Yashtimadhu, Prapoundrika, Sarala, Pippali, and Devdaru. It contains drug having rasayana, balya, chakshushya and tridoshara properties. Material and Method: The prepared drug was evaluated for an organoleptic study, and physicochemical study and the product were subjected to a microbial contamination test for developing standards. Results: Shatahwadi ghrita standardisation shows remarkable results regarding the refractive index, saponification value, iodine value, peroxide value, etc.