Sharma Deepa ¹, Sharma Usha², Rawat Shushma³

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijahm/v10i2.01

¹PG Department of Rasashastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana, UAU, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar

^2,3Associate Proffessor PG Department of Rasashastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana,  UAU, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar, 

Corresponding Author: Deepa Sharma

Address:-H.no. 38 Bilkeshwar colony Haridwar, Uttarakhand

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Abstract:

The purpose of the present research work was to development and evaluation of herbal cosmetic i.e. Varnak Ghrita. Herbal cosmetics offer several advantages over other chemical based. The majority of existing cosmetics which has prepared from drugs of synthetic origin and give extras fairness to face, but it has several side effects such as itching or several allergic reactions. Herbal cosmetics do not have any of these side effects, without side effects it gives the nourishment to skin. In Ayurvedic texts, there are so many special procedures and thousands of medicaments for Varnaprasadhana.  Acharya Chakradutta had depicted one such formulation “Varnak Ghrita” as Varnaprasadhana. Sneha Siddha drugs have better pharmaco-kinetics action in comparison to other dosage form because of the lipid nature of bio- membrane, as lipid soluble substances readily permeate into cells. Sneha kalpana is successfully used for ages in treating various skin ailments. Ghrita has valuable importance either used internally or externally. Present paper includes pharmaceutical as well as analytical study of Varnak Ghrita.

Keywords: herbal cosmetic, Varnaprasadana, Varnak Ghrita.

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