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Gokṣurādi Guggulu

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Gokshuraadi Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 4 to 10 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh them separately in the required quantities and mix.
  • Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu shuddha.
  • Wash, dry and powder the Gokshura and pass through sieve number 40. Soak the coarse powder of
  • GokÀura in 8 times of potable water for 12 h. Gently heat the mixture to boil and continue the boiling to reduce the volume of the mixture to half of its original volume.
  • Stop the boiling and filter while still warm through a muslin cloth[1]

Description

  • Spherical pills, black in colour with pleasant odour and bitter taste.

Storage

  • Storage: Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

Prameha (increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Mutrakrcchra (dysuria), Mutraghata (urinary obstruction), Amari (calculus), Pradara (excessive vaginal discharge), Vatarakta (gout), Vataroga (disease due to Vata Dosha /neurological disease), shukra Dosha (vitiation of semen).

Dose

  • 2 - 3 g daily in divided doses

Anupāna

  • Musta Kvatha, Pashnabheda Kvatha, Usira Kvatha

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 15 per cent Total ash Not more than 5 per cent Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1 per cent Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 22 per cent Water-soluble extractive Not less than 29 per cent pH (1% aqueous solution) 4.42 to 4.79

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 157.