Abstract

People and pharmaceuticals of world are attracting towards herbs and alternates for prophylactic and therapeutic uses based on their folklore utilization. Hygrophila spinosa plant was extensively used in traditional systems of medicine for treating various ailments like jaundice, rheumatism, anemia, inflammation, pain, urinary infections, oedema and gout. According to the Chinese pharmaceutical dictionary cow urine had been used as a medium for delivery of medicinal herbs to strengthen their effects. Cow urine distillate (ark) maintains well-being and increases the effectiveness of antimicrobial, antifungal and anticancer drugs. But studies on bio enhancing effect of cow urine distillate with herbs on hepatoprotection are not available. Therefore, present work is undertaken to study the bio enhancing potential of Kosli cow urine distillate in amelioration of carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity by Hygrophila spinosa Hydroalcoholic extract in Albino rats.