A Review on Antidiabetic and Antioxidant Activity of Bhunimbadi Churna

The role of natural products as a source of remedies has been recognized since ancient times. In addition the overuse of synthetic drug which result in higher incidence of adverse drug reaction, has enthused the human to revert to nature for safer herbal medicines. The current review focus on Bhunimbadi Churna Herbal formulation and its potential in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, Diabetes is world’s largest endocrine disease involving metabolic disorders of carbohydrate, fat and protein and it affects nearly 1-3% of world population. The review describes various aspect of Bhunimbadi Churna like active phytoconstituents having hypoglycaemic action, pharmacological properties and mechanism of action of its ingredients. This review also focuses on the traditional therapeutic action of the Bhunimbadi Churna mention in Brhat Nighantu Ratnakar. In various pharmacological studies, done in few decades on the drugs of Bhunimbadi Churna, it has been proved that almost all the constituents of Bhunimbadi Churna, posse anti hyperglycaemic, hypolipidemic, antioxidant and other therapeutic properties.