A Critical Study of Ayurvedic Formulations on Blood-Brainbarrier

Abstract

The brain is the center of major neurological and psychiatric disorders.Brain blood capillaries have certain anatomical adaptations which act as physiological barriers. This limits the entry of molecules intothe brain. This is the stumbling block in delivering drugs acrossthe blood-brain barrier and a challenge to chemists globally in treating brain disorders.  In Ayurvedic classics,there are formulations and treatment procedures which has a separate entity in treating brain disorder.