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Nārasiṁha cūrṇa

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Narasimha Churna is an electuary prepared with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

áat¡var¢ Raja (áat¡var¢ API) Asparagus racemosus Rt. Tr. 768 g
GokÀura API Tribulus terrestris Fr. 768 g
V¡r¡h¢ API Dioscorea bulbifera Rz. 960 g
Gu·£c¢ API Tinospora cordifolia St. 1.200 kg
Bhall¡taka API (áuddha) Semecarpus anacardium Fr . 1.536 kg
Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 480 g
Tila API Sesamum indicum Sd . 768 g
áu¸¶h¢ API Zingiber officinale Rz. 128 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr . 128 g
Pippal¢ API Piper longum Fr. 128 g
áarkar¡ API Cane sugar 3.360 kg
M¡kÀika (Madhu API) Honey 1.680 kg
Gh¤ta (Gogh¤ta API) Clarified butter from cow s milk 840 g
Vid¡r¢kanda Raja (Vid¡r¢ API) Pueraria tuberose Rt. Tr. 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Bhallataka to prepare Bhallataka shuddha.
  • Wash and dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 4, 6 to 10 and 14, powder individually in a pulverizer.
  • The powders should completely pass through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent through sievenumber 85.
  • Weigh separately each ingredient, mix together and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a homogenous blend.
  • Add Madhu and Ghrta to the mixture and mix thoroughly till it spreads evenly to give a moist granular powder.
  • Store the Churna in a ceramic jar smeared with ghee in its inner surface.[1]

Description

  • Brown-coloured, moist, granular powder, slightly pungent to taste with the characteristic smell of Bhallataka

Storage

  • Store the Curna in a ceramic jar smeared with ghee on its inner surface and protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Kasa (cough), Kshaya (pthisis), shukra Kshaya (deficiency of semen), Jara (senility), Ruja (pain), Vali (wrinkles in the skin), Palita (graying of hair), Khalitya (alopecia), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Pandu (anaemia), adhyavata (gout), Pinasa (chronic rhinitis), Kustha (diseases of skin), Udara (disease of abdomen), Bhagandara (fistula-in-ano), Mutrakrcchra (dysuria, Grdhrasi (sciatica), Halimaka (chronic obstructive jaundice), Vatavikara (discorder due to Vata dosha), Pittavikara (disorder of pitta dosha), Arsa (piles), shlesmavikara (disorder due to kapha dosha).

Dose

  • 2-5 g in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Milk, Ghee, Honey.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying at 105 degree Not more than 9 per cent
Total Ash Not more than 4.0 per cent
Acid insoluble ash Not more than 1.2 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 28 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 34 per cent
Reducing suga Not less than 5 per cent
Total sugar Not less than 5 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution) 3.96 to 4.08

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 124.