Batrisu Vasanu: A Folk Polyherbal Formulation of Gujarat from the Perspective of Unani medicinal System.

HERBAL remedies with different therapeutic properties assume a huge part during pregnancy, labour, and post-pregnancy periods across the globe. Batrisu vasanu or Katlu is an ethnobotanical popular polyherbal folk Galactagogue and postpartum remedy from Gujarat. It is only traditionally practiced and suggested by elderly members of society in the postpartum phase. As the preparation and its uses are not reported precisely earlier from the Unani system, in this study we have tried to focus on qualitative analysis of the ingredients added and their variations among marketed Batrisu vasanu products. From 2020 to 2021, a modern study was undertaken in the central Gujarat region. Five (5) Commercial suppliers were chosen from three major districts: Vadodara, Ahmadabad, and Panchmahal. We have made the checklist from the ingredients mentioned on the pack, their botanical details were analysed using Unani and Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeias. Relative frequency of citation (RFC) was calculated to find the consistency in ingredient. The composition of collected samples showed only 24-27 herbs per sample with a range of 7 ingredients instead of 32. Total 57 medicinal herbs of 53 species, from 49 genera belonging to 34 plant families were reported. Nine plant taxa were found in all the samples examined, with the highest Relative Frequency of Citation (RFC) value, supporting its frame for post pregnancy care. It is concluded that samples were added with diverse types of herbs, and were having a highly inconsistent polyherbal composition. Although this polyherbal composition is not included in the Tibbi system, it gives us an opportunity to confirm the plant taxa from the Unani perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]