An ayurvedic polyherbal formulation mukkamukkadivati: a review

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In today’s world of commercialization & busy lifestyle, many issues get compromised and one suchfactor that gets badly affected is the health. There is no person who is free from disease; whether it is physical or mental health. One among the disorders that commonly plagues the humans but is usually neglected is Jwara. Jwara can be a lakshana (symptom ) or vyadhi (disease) itself. Numerous cases of death because of jwara have been reported. Hence jwara is a disease which cannot be taken lightly. Mukkamukkadi vati is a polyherbal formulation consisting keeratatikta, two types of jeeraka, shunti, maricha, pippali, hingu, lasuna, ajamoda etc drugs which are mainly agnideepaka (carminative) and aamapachana which helps in increasing agni (digestive fire) and thus helps in curing the jwara ; As Mandagni(diminished digestive fire) is usually one of the causative factors . Mukkamukkadi vati otherwise called as Phalatrikadi Vati is available in market by the name Mukkadivati . Though it is a potent & effective medication it has not gained much popularity & hardly practiced. Hence in this review article a brief survey of both Ayurvedic & Contemporary literature, about the ingredients, is done and a hypothesis is proposed about the probable mode of action on Sannipataja Jwara . This can be established by taking up further research works Keywords: Mukkadi Vati; Mukkamukkadi Vati; Phala, trikadi Vati; Sannipata jwara INTRODUCTION Dharmartha kama mokshanam arogyam mulamuttamam | Rogastasya apahartha sreyasojeevitasya cha || 1 As explained in the above verse, to achieve dharmaadichaturpurusharthas,arogya( health ) is of utmost importance. Different roga plague the mankind deteriorating the health and thereby hindering the progress. Hence bringing back the arogya ( health ) by INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (July, 2017) 5(7) AN AYURVEDIC POLYHERBAL FORMULATION MUKKAMUKKADIVATI: A REVIEW Parikshitha Navada K S 1 Shankar gowda 2 , M S Doddamani 3 1 First Year PG Scholar, 2 Professor, 3 Professor & HODDept of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana TGAMC Ballari, Karnataka, India Email: pnavada 18@gmail.com ABSTRACT In today’s world of commercialization & busy lifestyle, many issues get compromised and one suchfactor that gets badly affected is the health. There is no person who is free from disease; whether it is physical or mental health. One among the disorders that commonly plagues the humans but is usually neglected is Jwara. Jwara can be a lakshana (symptom ) or vyadhi (disease) itself. Numerous cases of death because of jwara have been reported. Hence jwara is a disease which cannot be taken lightly. Mukkamukkadi vati is a polyherbal formulation consisting keeratatikta, two types of jeeraka, shunti, maricha, pippali, hingu, lasuna, ajamoda etc drugs which are mainly agnideepaka (carminative) and aamapachana which helps in increasing agni (digestive fire) and thus helps in curing the jwara ; As Mandagni(diminished digestive fire) is usually one of the causative factors . Mukkamukkadi vati otherwise called as Phalatrikadi Vati is available in market by the name Mukkadivati . Though it is a potent & effective medication it has not gained much popularity & hardly practiced. Hence in this review article a brief survey of both Ayurvedic & Contemporary literature, about the ingredients, is done and a hypothesis is proposed about the probable mode of action on Sannipataja Jwara . This can be established by taking up further research works Keywords: Mukkadi Vati; Mukkamukkadi Vati; Phala, trikadi Vati; Sannipata jwara INTRODUCTION Dharmartha kama mokshanam arogyam mulamuttamam | Rogastasya apahartha sreyasojeevitasya cha || 1 As explained in the above verse, to achieve dharmaadichaturpurusharthas,arogya( health ) is of utmost importance. Different roga plague the mankind deteriorating the health and thereby hindering the progress. Hence bringing back the arogya ( health ) by INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (July, 2017) 5(7) AN AYURVEDIC POLYHERBAL FORMULATION MUKKAMUKKADIVATI: A REVIEW Parikshitha Navada K S 1 Shankar gowda 2 , M S Doddamani 3 1 First Year PG Scholar, 2 Professor, 3 Professor & HODDept of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana TGAMC Ballari, Karnataka, India Email: pnavada 18@gmail.com ABSTRACT In today’s world of commercialization & busy lifestyle, many issues get compromised and one suchfactor that gets badly affected is the health. There is no person who is free from disease; whether it is physical or mental health. One among the disorders that commonly plagues the humans but is usually neglected is Jwara. Jwara can be a lakshana (symptom ) or vyadhi (disease) itself. Numerous cases of death because of jwara have been reported. Hence jwara is a disease which cannot be taken lightly. Mukkamukkadi vati is a polyherbal formulation consisting keeratatikta, two types of jeeraka, shunti, maricha, pippali, hingu, lasuna, ajamoda etc drugs which are mainly agnideepaka (carminative) and aamapachana which helps in increasing agni (digestive fire) and thus helps in curing the jwara ; As Mandagni(diminished digestive fire) is usually one of the causative factors . Mukkamukkadi vati otherwise called as Phalatrikadi Vati is available in market by the name Mukkadivati . Though it is a potent & effective medication it has not gained much popularity & hardly practiced. Hence in this review article a brief survey of both Ayurvedic & Contemporary literature, about the ingredients, is done and a hypothesis is proposed about the probable mode of action on Sannipataja Jwara . This can be established by taking up further research works Keywords: Mukkadi Vati