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Latest revision as of 17:24, 14 September 2018

Puṣyānuga Cūrṇa is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Pāṭhā API Cissampelos pareira Rt. 1 part
Jambū-bīja majjā API Syzygium cumini Enm. 1 part
Āmra-bīja majjā API Mangifera indica Enm. 1 part
Śilābheda (Pāṣāṇabheda API) Bergenia ligulata Rz. 1 part
Rasāñjana API Berberis aristata Rt./St. Ext. 1 part
Ambaṣṭhakī API Hibiscus sabdariffa Rt. 1 part
Mocarasa (Śālmalī) Salmalia malabarica Exd. 1 part
Samaṅgā (Lajjālu) API Mimosa pudica Rt./Pl. 1 part
Padma keśara (Kamala) Nelumbo nucifera Adr. 1 part
Vāhlīka (Kuṅkuma API) Crocus sativus Stl./Stg. 1 part
Ativiṣā API Aconitum heterophyllum Rt. Tr. 1 part
Mustā API Cyperus rotundus Rf.Tr. 1 part
Bilva API Aegle marmelos Rt./St.Bk. 1 part
Lodhra API Symplocos racemosa St.Bk. 1 part
Gairika (Śuddha) API Red ochre 1 part
Kaṭphala API Myrica nagi( M. esculenta) St. Bk. 1 part
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 part
Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 part
Mṛdvīkā (Drākṣā API) Vitis vinifera Dr. Fr. 1 part
Rakta candana API Pterocarpus santalinus Ht. Wd. 1 part
Kaṭvaṇga (Araluka API) Ailanthus excelsa St. Bk. 1 part
Vatsaka (Kuṭaja API) Holarrhena St. Bk. 1 partantidysenterica
Anantā (Śveta sārivā API) Hemidesmus indicus Rt 1 part
Dhātakī API Woodfordia fruticosa Fl. 1 part
Madhuka (Yaṣṭī API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 1 part
Arjuna API Terminalia arjuna St. Bk. 1 part

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Gairika to prepare Shuddha Gairika , powder and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Clean, dry and powder ingredients numbered 1 to 26 individually (except 15) and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Weigh separately each powdered ingredient and mix together in specified ratio.
  • Pass through sieve number 44 to prepare a homogeneous blend.[1]

Description

  • Reddish brown-coloured fine powder with a pungent odour and a bitter, sweet taste. The powder completely pass on through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass on through sieve number 85.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Asṛgdhara (Menorrhagia), Śvetapradara (Leucorrhoea), Rajodoṣa (Menstrual disorder), Arśa (Piles), Yonidoṣa (Disorders of female genital tract).

Dose

  • 6 g daily in divided dose.

Anupāna

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 4 per cent
Total ash Not more than 11 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 9.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 12 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 68 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 6 to 8
Total sugar Not less than 56 per cent
Reducing sugars Not less than 8 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 56.