Abstract
Author(s): J.Karthi*, V.KalvimoorthiandM.Thamizh Mozhi
Standardisation of herbal formulation is essential in order to assess the quality of drugs, based on the concentration of their active principles. The present paper reports on standardisation of of sudharshana churna, a poly herbal ayurvedic medicine used as antimalarial, antipyretic, antiviral and anti diabetic formulation.It is recommended for all types of fever including bone fever and common cold. sudharshana churna was prepared as per Ayurvedic Formulary of India. In-house preparation and two marketed have been standardised on the basis of organoleptic characters, physical characteristics, physico-chemical properties and Preliminary Phythochemical Analysis. The set parameters were found to be sufficient to evaluate the churna and can be used as reference standards for the quality control/quality assurance laboratory of aPharmaceutical house