Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: February | Volume: 12 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 96-104
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220213
Exploring Insights of Battisa: A Polyherbal Formulation Used During Postpartum Care
Shristi Kumari1, A.S. Khalkho1
1Department of Biotechnology, Marwari College Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Corresponding Author: Shristi Kumari
ABSTRACT
Post-partum period is known to play vital role from recovery point of view for both the mother and its new born. In general, postpartum period duration is 40 to 60 days. This phase is associated with various physical and mental complications in allopathic treatment. The use of different allopathic medicines to target in some patients results in the origin of various side effects as well as causing financial burden for family also. Over the past decades India is always rich in folk herbal medicines. After, child birth mother is supposed to follow various dietary as well as behavioral restriction. Post-partum mother is restricted to eat cold food stuffs and food stuffs such as nuts as well as clarified butter is increased. An herbal formulation of Battisa is given which consists of 32 different herbs and spices which targets most of the physical and mental problems associated with this phase. But, due to more inclination of people towards allopathic medicine gradually traditional knowledge of herbal formulations used is vanishing. So, our research focuses highlighting this study in order to do the preliminary Phytochemical analysis of battisa. Thus, resulting wide knowledge transmission and prospects of its herbal formulations and their futuristic applications during postpartum period to next generation.
Key words: Battisa, polyherbal formulation, postpartum care, folk herbal medicine.