Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Cream for Burn

Author(s)

Veer, M.N., Ghorpade, A.N.

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Abstract

Ayurveda is a complete self being system, which provides knowledge about living a good and healthy life style that does not have any imbalance in the harmony and system of the body. Since from the ancient time the society relay on plants not only for dietic purpose but also for medicinal purpose and plant origin drugs have played a fundamental role in prevention and treatment of diseases. Sandroos (Trachylobium hornnemannianum) is an important resin which is obtained from Sal tree, botanically known as Shorea robusta. Since millennia, it has been used, in Unani & ayurveda system of medicine for different conditions like obesity, haemoptysis, ulcer, lipid metabolic disorders & for healing of wounds. Cream is the most suited formulation for treatment of skin disorders. Burn healing cream was prepared by using ‘Shorea robusta’ by traditional trituration method as an O/W emulsified cream. Quality evaluation of the product was assessed by using different evaluation methods and the cream showed good spreadability, no skin irritation, no changes of the physical properties, no evidence of phase separation and good consistency during study period. The cream was also evaluated for its antimicrobial activity against various strains of micro-organisms and the antimicrobial activity of the cream was comparable with commercial Silver Sulphadiazine 1% cream. Based on the observations & result, it was concluded that this cream could be used as an alternative for synthetic creams for burn.

Keywords

Shorea Robusta, Sandrose, Burn, Herbal Cream

Cite This Article

Veer, M.N., Ghorpade, A.N. (2016). Formulation and Evaluation of Herbal Cream for Burn, International Journal for Pharmaceutical Research Scholars (IJPRS), 5(2), 233-238.