Abstract

REVIEW ON EVALUATION & FORMULATION OF POLYHERBAL CHOCOLATE

Shinde Vidya Santosh*, Udavant Bhakti Sharad, Shirsath Shantnu Hemant and Lambe Shubham Dattatray

ABSTRACT

In Ayurveda, drug formulation is based on two principles: single-drug use and multiple drug use, the latter of which is known as Polyherbal Formulation (PHF). Polypharmacy or polyherbalism is a key traditional therapeutic herbal strategy that involves combining several medicinal herbs to increase therapeutic effectiveness. The philosophy behind Ayurveda is preventing unnecessary suffering and living a long healthy life. Ayurveda involves the use of natural elements to eliminate the root cause of the disease by restoring balance, at the same time create a healthy life-style to prevent the recurrence of imbalance. Herbal medicines have existed world-wide with long recorded historyand they were used in ancient Chinese, Greek, Egyptian and Indian medicine for various therapies purposes. World Health Organization estimated that 80% of the word’s inhabitants still rely mainly on traditional medicines for their health care. Polyherbal formulations have many uses, including wound healing, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antihyperlipidemic it also enhanced therapeutic effect, decreased toxicity, fever side effects, wide therapeutic range, safe at high dose, eco-friendly cheaper. The Ayurvedic literature Sarangdhar Samhita' highlighted the concept of polyherbalism to achieve greater therapeutic efficacy. This review mainly focuses on important of the polyherbalism and its clinical significance.

Keywords: Polyherbal Formulation, Poly herbal Chocolate, Application.