‘Triphala’ is a well-known polyherbal formulations from
Ayurveda. It is a Rasayana drug used in Indian system of medicine
(ISM) for years together. The word ‘rasayana’ literally means the
path that ‘Rasa’ takes (‘Rasa: plasma; Ayana: path). It is believed, in
Ayurveda that the qualities of the ‘Rasadhatu’ influence the health
of the other dhatus (tissues) of the body. Hence any medicine that
improves the quality of ‘Rasa’ (‘Rasayana’) should strengthen or
promote all tissues of the body. ‘Rasayana’ drug act inside the
body by modulating the neuro–endocrine–immune systems and
have been found to be rich source of anti-oxidants and hence it
possess the properties such as prevent ageing, re-establish youth,
strengthen life, brain power and prevent diseases and it increase the resistance of the body against any infection (Govindrajan et al.,
2005).