Review on Pancha Vidha Kashaya Kalpana Array Section Review of Article

Abstract

Kalpanas increases the potency of medicine by adding or generating special property (by Sanskar i.e. vishesh gunantardhana). It makes the medicine durable. It makes the medicine palatable. It removes the toxic effect of medicine by purification (shodhana karma). As per the severity of the disease it helps the adjustment of dosha. It makes the medicine as per need of patient and disease. From the Neolithic times, the early humans used stone slabs to crush drugs and extracted juice or made powder. The literary treatises like Hrigveda, Atharvaveda, Samhitas, Nighantus, etc. give a clearer picture of the existing pharmaceutical practices, preparation of drugs and their applications.The first systematic knowledge of Bhaishajya Kalpana is found in Charaka Samhita. In Charaka Samhita, the word Kalpa is used for ‘preparations’