Classical Review of Gandhaka as per Rasendra Sara Sangraha

Abstract

Gandhaka is an easily available and extensively used drug in Rasashastra. Gandhaka is extensively used as a therapeutic drug in various disorders. Explanation of its varieties, purification methods, therapeutic uses, and dose is explained in Rasashastra. Purification of Gandhaka mentioned in the classics making it therapeutically more potential. Rasendra Sara Sangraha is widely accepted as a comprehensive treatise of Rasashastra. Rasendra Sara Sangraha explains Gandhaka in detail under Uparasa along with its two methods of Gandhaka Shodhana which is the initial step in the preparation of any Rasaoushadhis. Reviewing the literary aspect of Gandhaka along with its Shodhana as described in the Rasendra Sara Sangraha is enumerated here.