Development and Phytochemicl Analysis of a Novel Herbal Medhya (Memory booster)-Chocolate

Abstract

The Ayurveda is a traditional Indian medicine, which is always having the goal to maintain the health of healthy person and to treat the diseased person. The WHO also accepted the same definition of health, which is explained in Ayurveda as physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being. So, the mental health is also important, it includes many complex activities among which cognition process is one. The medicines those helps for the proper cognition process, improve the memory, increases the alternes, concentration in the human being is called Nootropic Drugs, which are explained in Charak Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana, Chapter-1, Rasayana Adhyaya as Medhya Ramayana. The cognition process includes Attention, Language, Learning, Memory, Perception, and Thought, all these helps to obtain the knowledge, Retain the learned things as memory and reproduce whenever required. Due to stress, change in life style now e days the short-term memory issues are observed in the healthy individuals. Hence this study is conducted to assess the effect of “SMRITI”- a poly herbal chocolate as memory enhancer (Medhya Rasayana) in healthy individual w. r. t. Vata Dosha predominant personality. Compare to nootropic herbal formulation which are available in the market are in the powder, Granules, Tablets, Syrup forms but the unique preparation of herbal memory enhancer chocolates are prepared is palatable, easily administered, cost effective and quick results.