Ayurvedic review on efficacy of sahachara

Ayurveda being a nature-based system of medicine have a wealth of therapeutic herbs and among there one of them being the most effectively employed is Sahachara. Sahachara is an Ayurvedic herb mentioned in various Ayurvedic Samhitas and Nighantus. It is a folk medicine used in different regions of India. Sahachara is a multipurpose drug also used worldwide due to presence of its unique properties and wide range of phytochemical constituents present in it. Sahachara is known by various vernacular names in Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and other traditional system of medicine as Sahachara, Kurantaka,Vajradanti, Kat-Sareya, Peela-Bansa etc. In Ayurveda, Sahachara is mentioned as one of type of Saireyaka. Two Varieties of Saireyaka are mentioned in Ashtang Hridyam, other Samhitas and authentic textbooks of Ayurveda also. Its vast description is also available in Nighantu.