• Praveen kumar
• Dr. Sharad M porte
• Dr.Dharmendra choudhary

Sameera gaja keshari rasa is an Ayurvedic drug mentioned in Ras tantra sara and sidha prayoga samgraha. The main Content of Sameera gaja keshari rasa is the opium along with maricha, purified kuchla and purified shingula indicated in opium addiction. The main contents of Sameera gaja keshari rasa is purified opium having Vednashamask, vataroga nashak, akshephara , atisara nashak proprities and its provides the maintenance dose in opium withdrawal like methadone. The Kupilu calm down the withdrawal effect of opium on which having properties like vata-shamak, chitta-avasadahar (antidepressant properties) and hridya daurbalyahar (cardiac tonic). The pharmacological preparation of Kupilu calm down the withdrawal effect of opium like anxiety and agitation by its Chitavsadhar property and Running nose, Diarrhea by it's Grahi property, muscular pain and Joint Pain by its vatshamak property. All these drugs are having mainly katu-tikta rasa, ruksha, ushna, tikshna gunaas, ushna virya and vata kaphagna doshaghnata .

Sameera gaja keshari rasa, ahiphena, opium addiction

"Critical review on sameera gaja keshari rasa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.63-69, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907Q58.pdf

"Critical review on sameera gaja keshari rasa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp63-69, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907Q58.pdf