Abstract

Most of the ayurvedic medicines are in the form of powder. Being in powder form the administration of accurate dose with ease is a problem. They may have some kind of unacceptable bitter taste. Furthermore it needs water or honey for administration and chances of spoilage and waste are more. Oro-dispersible tablet which rapidly disintegrating in mouth will be the best remedy for efficient use of ayurvedic powders. The aim of this study was to formulate oro-dispersible tablets of ayurvedic polyherbal powder Talisadi. Talisadi is a traditional Ayurvedic powder preparation well known and effective in various disorders of respiratory and digestive system. Using various excipients like super-disintegrants and sweeteners, different formulation of polyherbal drug Talisadi were formulated by direct compression method. The acceptable formulation, among all the developed formulations of oro-dispersible tablet was having a disintegrating time of 1 min and 10 sec and acceptable taste. Thus the study concludes that formulation of oro-dispersible tablets of ayurvedic powder preparation can be a good option to enhance acceptability, efficiency and easy and accurate administration of powder ayurvedic preparations like Talisadi.