Herbal medicines or Ayurvedic medicines as stated earlier require a good skill along with a good technology to manufacture it from a crude drugs to a well defined dosage forms like syrup, capsules, tablets, creams, ointment, liniment etc.

We believe that any herbal drug is effective only if following aspects are observed strictly.

1. Correct identification of herbal plant.
2. Right processing techniques.
3. Correct dose of the drug.

We follow strictly these regiments. We have taken various steps and measures to improve upon the quality of the products. The above three aspects are fulfilled by following measures for best quality assured products.

I. Identification of Crude Drug:

Inspite of this being a very grey area we have expertise to identify the right species of herbal drug. With the experience of last 30 years in this field, we have compiled about 150 to 200 medicinal plants which are well documented identified and authenticated by various workers (scientist) of this field. We have a very good library which comprises of about 700 books which give well defined identification along with photographs of majority of plants we use in our manufacture.

We also prepare a database of the medicinal plants in which we have a unique instrument fitted with computer. This instrument is known as image analyzer. This image analyzer gives comparative information of macroscopic as well as microscopic structure i.e anatomy of herbal drugs.

To support and confirm the identity we have employed another testing method i.e Thin Layer Chromatography. The herbal drug is subjected to this method and the different spots and RF values of these spots are matched with standards. This is finger printing.

There are many constituents in the plant drug, which can be assayed for quantification by various methods mentioned in the pharmacopoeia.

II. Processing of Herbal Drugs by Modern Technology:

Once the identification of the herbal drug is confirmed it is taken for processing. Again the modern technology comes to help. In olden days the herbs were subjected to crushing manually and boiled with water on firewood in mud pots. Keeping the ayurvedic principles intact we use modern machineries to do the above job on large scale, taking in to consideration various parameters set by us to improve upon the quality of product and simultaneously manufacture the product with fixed standards set by us so as to avoid batch to batch variation and give consistency in all batches.

We use indirect heating system i.e steam to extract the herbal drug in extractor and again concentrate the extract under vaccum to preserve the different constituents of herbal drug. On line testing is done to confirm the proper extraction and concentration process. After passing through this crucial stage of processing of herbal drug, comes the stage of preparation of different dosage form like syrup, capsules, tablets, creams, liniments etc. The modern machineries help in the preparation of exact dosage form. This was not possible in olden days.

III. Optimum Dose:

The designing of formulation is such that it gives patients a correct dose of the drug, which is very effective. This is possible again by employing various modern methods to standardize the content of the drug qualitatively as well as quantitatively.

Mode of Operation
We search through the literatures and various authentic Ayurvedic textbooks the dose of a particular drug for a particular ailment. We analyse the contents of the drug in the particular dose by Thin Layer Chromatography method simultaneously supported by assay methods as per pharmacopoeia. The contents of the drug found in a dose must be present in the final product. The above study can also be done by clinical trials on about 25 to 50 people. Since these drugs are being used in the Ayurvedic system of medicines for years together the efficacy of the product is well documented in textbooks. Hence it is very safe to manufacture the drug as per the guidelines of Ayurved.

Thus we have a system with modern equipment's for constant watch on better and better-improved quality of product.