• Dr. Shailesh Y.
• Dr. Shrilatha Kamath T.
• Dr. Thejaswi I.Naik

Abstract: Pashanabheda or stone breaker is a popular Indian drug. Pashanabheda is assigned to various source plants because of controversial name. One of the source plant Bryophyllum pinnatum is commonly known as Kalanchoe pinnata. Its an environmental weed from the family Crassulaceae (Stonecrop) but traditionally used as a medicine in different regions of India mainly to treat urinary stones. In costal Karnataka regions, the plant is locally known as kaadu basale (wild spinach) which is widely used in urinary stones in the place of main source of Pashanabheda. Different synonyms and vernacular names of pashanabheda reveals its elaborated characters, properties and its useful part as leaf. Vatapatri is one the variety and also synonym for pashanabheda. In a view of all the above information, maximum properties of pashanabheda matches with Bryophyllum pinnatum. From the evidence of toxicological study Bryophyllum pinnatum can be use safely in maximum dosages of any classical preparations. Bryophyllum pinnatum is cost effective, have abundantly growing capacity, easily available, easily replaceable drug. So the present work is about trying to validate the drug Bryophyllum pinnata which is one of the source plant for Pashanbheda. Keywords: Pashanabheda, Bryophyllum pinnatum, Source plant, Ashmari.

Pashanabheda, Bryophyllum pinnatum, Source plant, Ashmari

"A comprehensive review on Pashanabheda vis-à-vis Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.)Oken in Ayurveda ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.d370-d382, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212352.pdf

"A comprehensive review on Pashanabheda vis-à-vis Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.)Oken in Ayurveda ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppd370-d382, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212352.pdf