TY - JOUR AU - S, Balasundar AU - A, Ramakrishna AU - Raj, Nisha AU - Sahani, Govardhan AU - U, Rajish PY - 2022/07/08 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Acute toxicological study of folklore drug Commiphora Caudata (Wight & Arn.) JF - International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine JA - IJAM VL - 13 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.47552/ijam.v13i2.2801 UR - https://ijam.co.in/index.php/ijam/article/view/2801 SP - 388-390 AB - <p>In Ayurvedic medical science medicinal plants are considered as the base for treating the illness. The wide uses of medicinal plants are seen since historical period where ancient <em>Acharyas</em> have documented many of them in various ailments. But recent studies shows that many of the drugs are exploited and it should be taken care immediately to avoid shortage, which can be done through either conservation or substitution. Here the plant <em>Commiphora caudate </em>(Wight &amp; Arn.) is a folklore drug which is used in inflammatory conditions by traditional healers. Hence it is taken to assess the acute toxicity of the drug and <strong>t</strong>he study shows that the oral administration of the <em>Swarasa </em>of the drug <em>Commiphora caudata </em>(Wight &amp; Arn.) considered to be safe as it didn’t exhibit any adverse effect in acute toxicological study on albino rats. </p> ER -