FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL LOZENGES CONTAINING EXTRACT OF HEDERA HELIX FOR TREATMENT OF PRODUCTIVE COUGH.

Abstract

The goal of the current research project is to formulate and assess herbal medicinal hard lozenges without added sugar. To this end, an extract of the natural plant "Hedera helix Linn." was used, along with few common excipients. Using plant extract, jaggery, corn syrup, mint extract, artificial taste and colour and other necessary excipients, the lozenges were made through the melting and molding process. These sucrose-free lozenges, which have jaggery as a base, were made with the benefit of "Diabetes mellitus" patients in mind who should not consume sugar. This study aims to evaluate and demonstrate the efficacy of formulated lozenges through the use of assessment parameters such as drug content uniformity, hardness, thickness, weight variation, friability, moisture content, and in vitro disintegration and dissolution. The taste of the drugs was masked by sweeteners and flavours used in the formulation. It is a herbal product, safe to use and convey. The formulation was ecological and economical.