FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL SYRUP FOR COUGH AND COLD

Coughing is a common problem faced by all people. There are two types of coughs: one is the Dry cough, and the second is a wet cough. The dry cough is a no mucous and secretion while in wet cough there is cough mucous or secretion. The syrup is the most commonly used and popular dosage form. It is used to cure cough and cold because ease of patients’ compliance. The herbal cough syrup was formulated using crude drugs as pudina and ginger or thuhar leaves as the main ingredient, along with Honey. Today, syrup is used for the treatment of Many ailments and to alleviate symptoms of disease. The antioxidant syrup is used to treat cancer because of many stress conditions and other oxidative reactions in the body. The free radicals are generated by using these, syrup the condition is overcome. A formulation at a laboratory scale was done and evaluated for several parameters such as PH, viscosity, Density, and stability. During evaluation, formulation was found to be stable and ready to use in a cough treatment. It is found that Antitussive activity produced by the Herbal formulation in the minimum dose was much better than the standard drug.