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Panchamrtha Loha Guggulu Vati is a brown spherical pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Rasa (áuddha P¡rada API) Mercury 48 g
Gandhaka (áuddha API) Sulphur 48 g
T¡ra (Rajata Bhasma API) Calcined Rajata 48 g
Abhra (Abhraka Bhasma API) Calcined Abhraka 48 g
M¡kÀika (Bhasma API) Calcined M¡kÀika 48 g
Lauha (Bhasma API) Calcined Lauha 96 g
Guggulu (áuddha API) Commiphora wightii O.R. 336 g
Ka¶u Taila API Brassica campestris Sd. oil Q. S.

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Weigh separately the ingredients numbered 2 to 6 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve numbered 85 in the required quantities and mix.
  • Prepare Kajjali from shuddha Parada and shuddha Gandhaka.
  • Crush weighed quantity of shuddha Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Katu Taila to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semisolid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.[1]

Description

  • Dark brown spherical pills with pleasant odour, sandy sensation on tongue with no characteristic taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Mastishkaroga (Brain disease), Snayuruja (Pain in ligament), Vataroga (Disease due to Vata Dosha).

Dose

  • 125 - 250 mg twice a day.

Anupāna

  • Water and milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 24 per cent
Total ash Not more than 36 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 36 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 12 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 17 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 5.0 to 5.5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 168.