CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANALGESIC ACTIVITY FOR A SIDDHA FORMULATION ‘VITHU RASA MEZHUGU’

Abstract

Vithu Rasa Mezhugu is a Siddha formulation used for vatha diseases. The formulation is subjected for qualitataive phytochemical analysis including evaluation of inorganic radicals and heavy metal. The formulation was also attempted to check its analgesic activity using tail flick method against paracetamol as standard. The formulation showed the presence of some potent biochemical and radicals like sodium, potassium, iron, alkaloid, saponin, tannin which may claim for its activity. Most of the heavy metals were found to be within limit. The formulation also showed good analgesic action against paracetamol as standard. In this paper attempt was made for analyzing the chemicals as a parameter of standardization of herbo-mineral drug like VRM.