Formulation and Evaluation of Vanishing Herbal Cream of Crude Drugs

The purpose of the present research work was to formulate and evaluate vanishing herbal cream. Herbal creams offer several advantages over other creams. The majority of existing creams which has prepared from drugs of synthetic origin, such as acyclovir, triamcinolone, calcipotriene, mometasone, extras gives fairness to face, but it has several side effects such as itching or several allergic reactions. Herbal creams do not have any of these side effects, without side effects it gives the fairness look to skin. Method carried out to prepare herbal cream was very simple. Firstly, oil phase was prepared, the mixture of stearic acid (17%), potassium hydroxide (0.5%), sodium carbonate (0.5%) were melted at 700C. Secondly aqueous phase was prepared, mixture of alcoholic extract of crude drugs, including rhizomes of kachora plant, fruits of nagarmotha, fruits of pimpali, fruits of nutmeg, seeds of Jawas plant, rhizomes of turmeric, wheat grains and cereals of urid and harbhara (4.5%), glycerin (6%), perfume (0.5%), water (71%) heated at 70Oc. Then aqueous phase was added into the oil phase at 70Oc with continuous stirring. Now, once the transfer was completed it was allowed to come at room temperature all the while being stirred. Perfume was added at last just before the finished product was transferred to suitable container. The above prepared herbal cream was evaluated. The physical parameters such as pH, homogeneity by visual and by touch, appearance (color), rubout (spread ability, wetness), type of smear, emolliency were determined. Further studies are needed to investigate this formulation for its performance.

Author(s): Ashwini S. Dhase*, Somishwar S. Khadbadi, Shweta S. Saboo

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