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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 67-76 |
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Kaphaketu Rasa as a Potential Anti-Inflammatory Ayurveda Herbo-Mineral Drug: A Scoping Review
Pooja Yadav1, Abhishek Upadhyay2, Sanjay Kumar1
1 Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, National Institute of Ayurveda, Deemed to be University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Deemed to be University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Pooja Yadav
Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, National Institute of Ayurveda, Deemed to be University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/AYUHOM.AYUHOM_30_22
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In the present scenario, people are more prone to various diseases due to poor immunity arising due to lifestyle changes, smoking, and air pollution. Poor lifestyle is responsible for Kapha predominant diseases like Kasa, Shwasa, and other metabolic as well as auto-immune disorders. In Ayurvedic pharmaceutics, Kaphaketu Rasa (KKR) consisting of Aconitum chasmanthum Stapf ex Holmes (Vatsanabha), purified Borax (Tankana), Incinerated Conch shell (Shankha Bhasma), Piper longum Linn., and Zingiber officinale Roxb. Has been indicated for Kapha related diseases. Eight varieties by the name of KKR are documented in Ayurvedic texts. To understand the rationale of mentioning these varieties and to explore the potential areas of its usefulness in contemporary clinical conditions, this study was performed. Information regarding this formulation was collected from the major Ayurveda texts as well as electronic sources for available scientific evidence, commercial availability of the formulation was also checked. The available data supports its use as a potent Kapha pacifying formulation whereas scientific evidence supports its action as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, antispasmodic, anti-allergic as well as mucolytic agent. However, this formulation needs to be studied through animal and clinical studies to understand and explore its mode of action, drug interactions, dose-response relationships, adverse reactions, etc., in different clinical conditions.
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