EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF HARIDRADI GHRUT IN CANCER TREATMENT: AN AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE.

Ayurveda the ancient science of life enhances health promotion and disease prevention through holistic approaches among its eight specialized branches. In Ayurveda Visha means poison or toxin is a concept used to describe substance that can disrupt the body's natural balance and cause imbalances which can manifest various diseases including cancer. Cancer is pathological condition which uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that invade the adjacent tissues and cause their destruction and sometimes show metastasis. Ayurveda mainly deals with balancing Tridoshas, Saptdhatus, and Trigunas which are abruptly disturbed in general cancer. So there is need to develop more effective and less toxic drugs with the help of Ayurveda. The recent researches in Ayurveda give valuable information that the herbs such as Haridra, Nimba, Bala, Triphala, Yashtimadhu, possess anti-cancerous property and each herb contains multiple active principle that often-producing therapeutic benefits. In this paper information about anti-cancerous properties of ingredients of Haridradi Ghrut is given. Materials and Methods: The ingredients of Haridradi Ghrut studied for their scientific validation. The Ayurvedic classics, online journals, were thoroughly reviewed for compiling the relevant data about contents of Haridradi Ghrut. A review of Result: various research articles has proved pharmacological and anticancer activity of these ingredients