Abstract

Bronchial Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition of the lung airways resulting in episodic airflow obstruction. The prevalence of Bronchial Asthma has increased continuously since the 1970s, and now affects an estimated 4 to 7% of the people worldwide. Ayurveda texts have described five types of Shwasa Roga and among these five, Tamaka is one. Tamaka Shwasa is a “Swatantra” Vyadhi. In Charaka Samhita, the group of ten drugs is mentioned for the management of the Shwasa Roga named as Shwasahara Dashemani. Till date no published data is available regarding evaluation of Shwasahara Dashemani Churna. Methods- Final product was subjected to Phrmacognostical and physico-chemical analysis such as microscopic study, loss on drying, ash value etc. Results- Phrmacognostical study showed the presence of contents such as; annular vessels of Shati, simple trichome of Tulsi, rosette crystal of Jivanti etc. Preliminaryphysico-chemical analysis showed that the loss on drying value was found to be 14.11%, pH 6.5, Ash value7.80, etc. HPTLC showed 6 and 4 spots at 254nm and 366nm respectively. Conclusion- The pharmacognostical and physico chemical analysis of Shwasahara Dashemani Churna confirmed the purity and genuinety of the drug. Further studies may be carried out on it on the basis of observation made and results of experimental studies.