Title: BASANT a Unique Polyherbal Formulation for a Healthy Vagina
BASANT is composed of Curcumin (diferuloyl methane), Aloe vera, purified extracts of Amla (Emblica Officinalis) and Neem (Azadirachta Indica) along with pharmacopially approved excipients. It has remarkable efficacy of curing Vaginosis (abnormal vaginal discharge), restoring vaginal pH to 4.5 of healthy vagina. It is effective also in women incurable by antibiotics: Metronidazole, Clinmamycin plus chlortrimazole. BASANT inhibits the growth of all WHO strains and clinical isolates of N.gonorrhoeae, including those resistant to penicillin, tetracycline, nalidixic acid and ciproflaxin. It has pronounced inhibitory action against Candida glabrata, Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis isolated from women with vulvo-vaginal candidiasis, including those resistant to azole drugs and amphotericin B. BASANT exercises high virucidal action against HIV and inhibits the entry of HIV in cells with either CCR5 or CXCR4 receptors. It not only kills HPV-16, but is also astonishingly effective in eliminating HPV-16 from infected cervical cells rendering the Pap smear to normal state. With due approval of Drugs Regulatory Authorities, it has undergone successfully safety and efficacy trials. It has been passed onto a company M/s Bipha Drug Laboratories, Kerala for making it available to public.
G P Talwar is affiliated with the Talwar Research Foundation in India.