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Shankha Vati

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Shankha Vati is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Shankha to prepare Shankha bhasma.
  • Treat Hingu to get Hingu - shuddha, Vatsanabha to get Vatsanabha - shuddha, Parada to get Parada - shuddha and Gandhaka to get Gandhaka - shuddha.
  • Triturate Pshrada - shuddha and Gandhaka - shuddha together in a Khalvayantra to prepare Kajjali. .
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 5 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve.[1]

Description

  • Light grey pills with a characteristic asafoetida odour and salty taste.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Agnim¡ndya (digestive impairment), Grahani (malabsorption syndrome), Arocaka (tastelessness), Paktisula (duodenal ulcers), Kashaya (pthisis).

Dose

  • 500 mg - 1 g per day in divided doses with Honey/Warm water/Butter milk.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 131.