“Golden Healing: The Therapeutic Potential of Swarna Bhasma in Cancer Treatment”
SB (“Swarna” meaning gold, “Bhasma ” meaning ash) is an ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine used for rejuvenation and revitalization during old age. Few recent laboratory studies established the pharmacological effects of gold nanoparticle. Gold-silica nanoshell has been used in Nanoshell-Assisted Photo-Tthermal therapy (NAPT) to kill tumor cells by near InfraRed (IR) light.
It also showed analgesic property. Gold-EGFR conjugates have been used to detect cancer cells by exploiting the light scattering properties of gold nanoconjugates. Its use in chronic lymphocytic leukemia showed good results. The use of Swarna Bhasma is considered beneficial in serious diseases like cancer. According to a study, Swarna Bhasma can act as an anti-cancer drug. Experts say that some such properties are found in its compound, which is used in medicine made to treat cancer.
The uptake of gold nanoparticles occurred in the small intestine by absorption through single degrading enterocytes in the process of being extruded from a villus and gold nanoparticles typically less than 58 nanometer in size ultimately reach blood.Therefore, compatibility with blood is an extremely important factor when these particles are observed into the bloodstream. Blood compatible materials can be defined as those materials which do not damage blood components when they come in contact with blood.
Chemical composition of Swarna Bhasma has Gold metallic, silica, iron, lime, copper, magnesia,phosphates, potash, NaCl, sulphate and moisture. All these are required in the metabolism of our body. They fulfill requirements of minerals in our body and shows drastic improvements of patients In modern medicine gold nanoparticles find significant application in drug delivery as they are capable of encapsulating active drugs and targeting. Colloidal gold nanoparticles represent a completely novel technology in the field of particle-based tumor targeted drug delivery. The monolayer of polyethylene glycel (PEG) over gold nanoparticles has been found to improve the cellular internalization properties.Swarna Bhasma is also helpful for cancer patients. It stops the growth of cancer cells and improves the immunity to fight off the unwanted growth of body tissues
SB (“Swarna” meaning gold, “Bhasma” meaning ash) is an ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine used for rejuvenation and revitalization during old age. Gold-silica nanoshell has been used in Nanoshell-Assisted Photo-Tthermal therapy (NAPT) to kill tumor cells by near InfraRed (IR) light. It also showed analgesic properties. Gold-EGFR conjugates have been used to detect the cancer cells by exploiting the light scattering properties of gold nanoconjugates
Swarna Bhasma can be a potential drug for anticancer therapy.
