There are almost as many forms of traditional medicine as there are cultures so do the dosage form. The use of traditional medicine is increasingly finding more relevance today, especially with the recognition that we are facing challenges in the treatment of several medical conditions. More effective and palatable drug dosage forms are needed in the contemporary era. It is a known fact that any medicine cannot advance without addressing the issues related to dosage form and drug development. Drug modifications are frequently directed at altering properties that influence the concentration of the compound (i.e., its solubility). As we know some Ayurvedic medicines are not palatable, along with that some formulations have very less shelf life, especially liquid dosage forms like Panchavidha kashaya kalpana (Swarasa, Kalka, Kwatha, Hima, Phanta) and it’s Upakalpana. Shadanga paniya is one of the Upakalpana of Kwatha kalpana. For Jwara chikista, Shadanga paniya is cited in Charaka Sahmita. At OPD level it is very difficult to explain all the procedure of preparing kwatha to the patients and patients will not have that much of time to prepare kwatha/kashya/paneeya. Present era patients are looking towards ready to use or patient friendly formulations. So the present project has been planned to modify Shadanga paneeya into instant (ready to use) form as like tea bag. People are already familiar with tea bag usage. In the same form if we introduced our Ayurvedic formula then it will be easy to administer to any patients and it will be patient friendly too. With this modification we can appreciate increased shelf life of the product.
Vankalakunti* et al. (Sat,) studied this question.