EVALUATION OF FOLK MEDICINAL PLANT GARLIC VINE Mansoa alliacea (Desv. Ex Beauv.) A. Gentry

Folklore Medicine Garlic Vine Is Widely Used For Fever Pneumonia Like Disease So To Evaluate The Efficacy Of Drug It Is Selected To Authenticate As On The Basis Of Ayurvedic Parameters Like Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Among These Here Rasa And Virya Assessment Will Be Done According Previously Designed Proforma It Is Blind Randomized Study Where Two Groups Are Enrolled  Both Having 15 Volunteers  One Is From Ayurvedic Background And Another Is From Non Ayurvedic Background The Drug Is Cultivated In Botanical Garden Then Dried Leaf Powder Will Be Prepared  And After Completion Of Pharmacognostical Study 2 Gm Of Powder Is Given To Each Volunteer Rasa Nirdharan Will Be Done By Two Methods As Nipat Method Will Be Done By Direct Perception Second Method Is Done By Taste Threshold Where Diluted Drug Is Given For Taste Analysis Then Virya Will Be Defined By Endothermic And Exothermic Reactions After Conclusion The Result Is Assessed And Rasa and Virya Is Defined