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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.
Contents
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.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total Ash | Not more than 43 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 6 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 8 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 53 per cent |
| Loss on drying | Not less than 53 per cent |
| pH (1 % aqueous solution) | 8.0 to 9.0 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 131.
