Pañcatikta Guggulu Ghṛta

Panchatikta Guggulu Ghrta is semisolid preparation made with the ingredients given in the Formulation Composition given below

Formulation composition

Nimbatvak (Nimba API)	Azadirachta indica	St. Bk.	480 g
Am¤t¡ (Gu·£c¢ API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	480 g
V¤Àa (V¡s¡ API)	Adhatoda vasica	Rt.	480 g
Pa¶ola API	Trichosanthes dioica	Lf./Pl.*	480 g
Nidigdhik¡ (Ka¸¶ak¡r¢ API)	Solanum xanthocarpum	Pl.	480 g
Jala for decoction API	Water		12.288 l
reduced to			1.5361
Gh¤ta (Gogh¤ta API)	Clarified butter from Cow s milk		768 g
P¡¶h¡ API	Cissampelos pareira	Rt	12 g
Vi·a´ga API	Embelia ribes	Fr.	12 g
Surad¡ru (Devad¡ru API)	Cedrus deodara	Ht. Wd.	12 g
Gajopakuly¡ (Gajapippal¢ API)	Scindapsus officinalis	Fr	12 g
YavakÀ¡ra (Yava API)	Hordeum vulgare	Pl	12 g
Sarjik¡kÀ¡ra (Svarj¢kÀ¡ra API)			12 g
N¡gara (áu¸¶h¢ API)	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	12 g
Ni¿¡ (Haridr¡ API)	Curcuma longa	Rz.	12 g
Mi¿¢ (Mi¿rey¡ API)	Foeniculum vulgare	Fr.	12 g
Cavya API	Piper retrofractum	St.	12 g
Ku˦ha API	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	12 g
Tejovat¢ API	Zanthoxylum alatum	Fr.	12 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	12 g
Vatsaka (Ku¶aja API)	Holarrhena antidysenterica	St. Bk.	12 g
D¢pyaka (Yav¡n¢ API)	Trachyspermum ammi	Fr.	12 g
Agni (Citraka API)	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt	12 g
Rohi¸¢ (Ka¶uk¡ API)	Picrorrhiza kurrooa	Rz./Rt.	12 g
AruÀkara (Bhall¡taka-áuddha API)	Semecarpus anacardium	Fr.	12 g
Vac¡ API	Acorus calamus	Rz.	12 g
Ka¸¡m£la (Pippal¢ API)	Piper longum	Rt.	12 g
Yukt¡ (R¡sn¡ API)	Pluchea lanceolata	Rt./Lf.*	12 g
MaµjiÀ¶h¡ API	Rubia cordifolia	Rt.	12 g
AtiviÀ¡ API	Aconitum heterophyllum	Rt. Tr	12 g
ViÀ¡ (AtiviÀ¡ Bheda API)	Aconitum palmatum	Rt.	12 g
Yav¡n¢ API	Trachyspermum ammi	Fr.	12 g
Guggulu (áuddha API)	Commiphora wightii	O.R.	240 g

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40.
• Soak the coarse powder of ingredients numbered in 4 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 one fourth of its original volume.
• Stop the

Description

• Dark brown, semi-solid paste, unctuous touch with pleasant and characteristic odour and slightly bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Sandhigata Vsta (osteoarthropathy), Asthigata Vata (Vata confined to bones), Majjagata Vata (bone marrow related disorders), Nndi Vrana (sinus), Kushtha (Disease of skin), Arbuda (tumour), Bhagandara (fistula in ano), Gandamala (goiter/cervical lymphadenitis), Guda Roga (anorectal disease), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Yakshma (tuberculosis), Aruci (tastelessness), shasa (asthma), Pinasa (chronic rhinitis/sinusitis), Kasa (cough), shopha (oedema), Hrdroga (heart disease), Pandu (anaemia), Mada (intoxication), Vidradhi (abscess), Vatarakta (gout), Írdhvajatrugata Roga (disease of head and neck).

Dose

• 6-12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water and milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 17 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 22 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 8 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	5.3 to 5.5