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Viḍaṅgādi Guggulu

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Vidhangaadi Guggulu vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu - shuddha.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture.
  • Crush weighed quantity of shuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Ghrta to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
  • Expel the mass through vati machine to obtain cylindrical threads and cut the vatis to a desired weight.
  • Roll the vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Gh¤ta or use suitable mechanical device.[1]

Description

  • Spherical pills, black in colour with agreeable odour, bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Dushta vrana (non-healing ulcer), Apaci (chronic lymphadenopathy/scrofula), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Kustha (diseases of skin), Nadivrana (sinus).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Triphala kvatha, shigru kvatha, Madhu, Ushnodaka

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 2 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 23 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 30 per cent
Loss on drying Not more than 13 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 3.3 to 3.5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 50.