• Kundankumar C. Patil
• Gautam P. Vadnere
• Md. Rageeb Md.Usman

Nanotechnology is very significant in the area of healthcare, diagnosis of disease, cure and prevention of disease. It is the technology of material dealing with very smalldimension usually in the range of 1-100nm. Nano drug delivery systems can reduce dose of drug and side-effects by lowering the deposition of the active agent in the non targeted sites. Ayurveda is one of the old system of Indian medicine. Various herbs, metals and non-metals preparations are used as medicine in Ayurveda. In the Ayurveda, several metallic preparations called Bhasma are in clinical use. A Bhasma means an ash obtained through incineration; the starter material undergoes an elaborate process of purification and this process is followed by incorporation of some other minerals or herbal extract. The therapeutic effect of Bhasma may be due to small particle size by which they can easily transport into cell nucleus and to specific target sites as desired. There are various importance of Bhasma like maintaining optimum alkalinity for optimum health, neutralizing harmful acids, because Bhasma do not get metabolized so they don’t produce any harmful metabolite, rather it breakdowns heavy metals in the body. Methods for Bhasma preparation include parpati, rasayoga, sindora, etc.Standardization of Bhasma is necessary to determine its quality, purity safety, effectiveness and acceptability of the product. But the most important challenges faced by these formulations are the lack of complete standardization by physiochemical parameters.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Bhasma, Herbomineral formulation, nano-particle, shodhna, standardization

"Bhasma: The Effective Nanomedicine", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.922-926, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903K35.pdf

"Bhasma: The Effective Nanomedicine", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp922-926, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903K35.pdf