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Kaiśora Guggulu
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Kaisora Guggulu is a va°ī preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Guggulu API- (Śuddha) | Commiphora wightii | Exd. | 768 g |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 256 g |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia bellirica | P. | 256 g |
| Āmalakī API | Phyllanthus emblica (Emblica officinalis) | P. | 256 g |
| Chinnaruhā (Gu²ūcī API) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 1.54 kg |
| Jala API for decoction | Water | 12.29 1 | |
| reduced to | 6.14 1 | ||
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 8 g |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia bellirica | P. | 8 g |
| Āmalakī API | Phyllanthus emblica | P. | 8 g |
| Śu´°hī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 24 g |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 24 g |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 24 g |
| K¨miripu (Vi²a¬ga API ) | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 24 g |
| Triv¨t API | Operculina turpethum | Rt. | 12 g |
| Dantī API | Baliospermum montanum | Rt. | 12 g |
| Am¨tā (Gu²ūcī API ) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 48 g |
| Gh¨ta (Gogh¨ta API) | Clarified butter from cow’s milk | 384 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 7 to 16 of the formulation compostion to a fine
- powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
- Soak the coarse powder of ingredients 2 to 5 in potable water in the specified ratio for 1 hr, boil it till the volume is reduced to half of its original volume. Cool the kashaaya and filter through a muslin cloth[1]
Description
- Spherical pills, dark brown in color with pleasant odour, taste astringent and sweetish.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Mandāgni (Dyspepsia), Vibandha (constipation), Vātaśnita (Gout), Pramehapidīkā (Diabetic carbuncle), Vrana (Ulcer), Kāsa (cough), Kushtha (diseases of skin),
Gulma (abdominal lump), Śvayathu (oedema), Pāndu (anaemia), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Jarādosha (geriatric disorder).
Dose
- 3 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Mudga Yūsha, Milk, Sugandhijala.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying | Not more than 13.0 per cent |
| Total ash | Not more than 9.0 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 2.0 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 40.0 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 34.0 |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.0 to 4.5 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 95.
