DEVELOPMENT OF AMRABEJAADI ANTIDANDRUFF CREAM – AN AYURVEDIC FORMULATION

During the recent times, the whole world is conscious about the health hazards and toxicity associated with indiscriminate use of synthetic drugs. There is extensive surge of drugs which are safer and having fewer side effects. So there is a growing interest in natural remedies for the management of different ailments. Ayurveda describes different remedies prepared by using maximum percentage of therapeutically potent herbal ingredients. Dandruff is a common scalp disorder that even affects almost half of the population at the pre-pubertal age and of any gender or ethnicity. Description of lepa (preparation used for external application) is available in classical texts in the name of Amrabeejadilepa. Ingredients used for the preparation of this lepa are, Amarbeejamajja (seed kernel of Mangifera indica) and Haritakiphala majja (fruit pulp of Terminaliachubela). Lepa is applied along with milk over scalp ² in severe dandruff. This promulgation has good anti-microbial, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. The present work deals with the development of the amrabeejadi Anti-dandruff cream from amrabeejadilepa (Ayurvedic preparation). Amrabeejadi antidandruff cream was prepared with addition of glycerol mono stearate, glycerin, vitamin C and preservatives in various concentrations without altering the basic concepts of Ayurveda. This Ayurveda formulation has less patient compliance and shorter shelf-life, thus the present work is aimed to modify Ayurvediclepa (Paste) in to convenient dosage form i.e. cream which can be used easily and has longer shelf life with proper therapeutic potency.