Estimation of Heavy and Trace Elements in Ayurvedic Drug (loha Bhasma) Alternative Medicine for Anemia by Aas and Icp-oes

Nowadays, consumption of Ayurvedic medicines/ bhasmas/plants has been increasing due to increased demand and also these consumed medicines don’t lead to abnormal and side effect on any organ or body part. These are prepared by different Ayurvedic practitioners. Ayurvedic herbo-mineral preparations were made by calcinations of purified metals, minerals, since it has been playing a vital role in various ailments due to its curative property by oral consumption. Thus, it is important to know quantitative elemental analysis of these bhasmas. In the present study Loha Bhasma an alternative medicine of ayurvedic drugs for anemia, is selected and is orally given for the anemia based patient treatment which in turn increases the RBC’s level and reduces the malignant cells. The elemental analysis is carried out for Major and minor/trace concentration such as Mg, Al, K, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Hg, Na, P, Pb, Sn, F, Cl and is carried out by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) and Inductively Coupled PlasmaOptical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES). Hence measurement of the major, trace and heavy metal contents present in bhasmas manufacture by different brands is necessary from the health stand point of view. Commercially available Loha Bhasma is used for elemental analysis and purchased as branded names such as Patanjali loha Bhasma (PLB), Baidynath loha bhasma (BLB), Ayukalp loha bhasma (ALB) and Dhootapapeshwar loha bhasma (DLB). The result indicates that bhasmas prepared by different practitioners is not too different except few cases.