Abstract

Abstract

Ayurveda is a science of life focus of ayurveda to cure the disease root causes and maintain the health of healthy individuals. In Ayurveda Twak Sharir holds important place. Ayurvedic literatures have described Twak Sharir with various types of Kushtha according to layers of skin. Pama is a type of kshudra Kushtha in which there is whitish/reddish blackish boils appear on skin with secretion. Gandhakadhya malahar is a compound drug used in skin disorders (kushta roga). The content present in Gandhakadhya malahara are having properties such as antifungal, antimicrobial, Expectorant, Antidote.  In Ayurveda Gandhakadhya malahara is one of the important medicines in treatment of twak vikara. Thus the content Gandhakadhya malahara is found to have prominent antifungal, antimicrobial activity so we can use Gandhakadhya malahara as local application. Malahara kalpana comes under bahya kalpana (external application). Malahara Kalpana is the ointment preparation which has Siktha Taila (bees wax and oil mixture) or Ghrita, as the basic constituent. The other ingredient may include herbal, metal and mineral contents depending upon the usage. Rasa Tarangani a Rasa Shastra treatise of 20th century by Acharya Sadananda Sharma has enumerated various types of Malahara Kalpana taking mainly Siktha Taila as a base. Hence the present article is an attempt to elucidate and un fold the one of the Malahara kalpana i.e. Gandhakadhya Malahara Kalpana mentioned in Rasatarangini.