Development And Evaluation of Herbal Body Lotion

Lotions are the emulsion which are used for moisturizing and providing emollient action to the skin. Herbal body lotion is prepared from herbal extracts which can be used for dry, oily and normal skin. Synthetic lotions may sometimes cause allergic reactions like scaly skin, hence development of herbal body lotion gamed importance as it overcomes the limitations of skin problems, provides rapid onset of action by releasing lotion directly to body through skin. Extracts of Cassia fistula and Azadirachta indica obtained by maceration method and can be formulated as herbal lotion to improve antibacterial and antifungal action. The formulated herbal lotion was evaluated for various parameters like pH, viscosity, spreadability, washability, homogeneity, presence of foreign particles. smoothness, consistency and zone of inhibition.