Effort has been made to lay down pharmaceutical standards for Vidangadi Lauh which is used in treatment Shoth, Anemia and Jaundice etc. There is shift towards use of herbal medicine. Consumers prefer products with established standards. Therefore it is prime need to standardize Ayurvedic preparation to insure their purity, safety, potency and efficacy. Now a day, herbal medicines are being manufactured on large scale. Manufacturers face many problems such as low quality raw materials, lack of authentication of raw materials, non-availability of standards, proper standardized methodologies of single drugs and formulations and lack of quality control parameters.

Key words: Vidangadi Lauh, quality control, standardized methodologies, Anemia.

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Dr Satyendra Kumar Singh

Ayurvedic Medical officer, Ayush Bihar