Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia describes both external and internal uses of various parts of the Danti (Baliospermum montanum Willd.) in multi dosage forms to combat different disease conditions. Single-handed information regarding the exclusive external usage of Danti upon various anomalies is not available till now. Hence, an attempt has been made to gather information pertaining to external usage of the drug Danti from different classical texts consisting of treatise and compendia. In this study, sixty Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia consisting of treatise and compendia were scrutinized and external applications of Danti were compiled and presented in systemic manner. Evidence based researches carried out till date on Baliospermum montanum were collected from various research journals and web based search engines. This review depicts that about 132 formulations, containing Danti as an ingredient, found to be indicated in almost 28 varied diseased conditions. Among these, Danti has been included as major content in 30 formulations. As regards to dosage forms, Kalka (paste) counts for 38, followed by taila (oil) 36 and gutika (tablet) 49. Findings of the present study may enrich the present knowledge on classical external uses of Danti, as an ingredient, in various formulations and may provide an opportunity to researchers to revalidate all these evidences scientifically.

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