Abstract:
Herbal products are being used as drug (the
term itself being derived from the French word
'drogue' meaning 'Dry Herbs') from time
immemorial in fighting against diseases of different
kinds. The whole plant of Plumbago zeylanica
Linn. (Plumbaginaceae) is taken for
standardization. The crude as well as mother
tincture was standardized to lay down standard in
homoeopathic system of medicine. Plumbaqo
zeylancia Linn. is having multifarious uses in
homoeopathy and other Indian systems of
medicine. The whole plant has been used in the
form of coarse powder.50% alcohol was used in
preparation of mother tincture. The physico-
chemical parameters viz. extractive value, ash
value. total solids, alcohol content, pH and analysis
thin layer chromatography (TLC) and U.V.
absorbance have been taken as Pharmacopoeial
standards.
