A REVIEW ON HERBAL TABLET FORMULATION: TECHNIQUES, EXCIPIENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Medicinal herbalism, being an extremely ancient practice dating thousands of years back and centuries in the making, remains a lifeline in medicine during this modern era and age with its depictions of remedies that are made from plant parts like leaves, flowers, stems, roots, and seeds. The active phytochemicals in herbal remedies include phytochemicals like alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, and terpenoids that cause therapeutic activity. This research is focused on preparation, development, and characterization of herbal tablets as solid dosage forms developed from powder herbal compression with fillers-excipients' for the management of other diseases or as a food supplement. Preformulation deals with identification of physicochemical property of drug, i.e., organoleptic properties, purity, size, and shape, which are of prime importance towards maintaining quality and therapeutic performance of final tablet. Formulation is an operation process of consecution such as weighing, mixing, granulating, drying, and size reduction to achieve uniform mixture state with an aim to compress into tablet. Excipients like lubricants and binders are very important in the provision of tablets stability and effective release of active ingredients. Ashoka tablet preparation is also given as an example of tablet preparation in Ayurveda. It involves raw herbal material selection like Ashoka bark and Shatavari root processing, mixing, binding, and shaping into tablets. Quality control through rigorous regulation of parameters like weight variation, hardness, disintegration time, and chemical analysis provides efficacy and safety. Finally, production and manufacture of herbal tablets need pharmaceutical science expertise and the special nature of herbal products. This research emphasizes scientific evidence in formulating safe, effective, and standardized herbal medicine that bridges traditional medicine and modern pharmaceutical practice.