Dr. Mahesh Vishnu Patil*

ASSESSMENT OF TOXICITY AND SAFETY PROFILE OF VATSANABHA (ACONITUM FEROX WALL. EX SER., RANUNCULACEAE): A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SHODHANA SAMSKARA IN THE LIGHT OF CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE

Background: Among the nine Sthavara Vishas enumerated in the Rasashastra classics, Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser., Fam. Ranunculaceae) occupies a singular and paradoxical position. It is at once the most lethal botanical known to the Ayurvedic materia medica and among t...

ASSESSMENT OF TOXICITY AND SAFETY PROFILE OF VATSANABHA (ACONITUM FEROX WALL. EX SER., RANUNCULACEAE): A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF SHODHANA SAMSKARA IN THE LIGHT OF CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCE

Background: Among the nine Sthavara Vishas enumerated in the Rasashastra classics, Vatsanabha (Aconitum ferox Wall. ex Ser., Fam. Ranunculaceae) occupies a singular and paradoxical position. It is at once the most lethal botanical known to the Ayurvedic materia medica and among t...