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Elādya mōdaka
Elādya modaka is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below
Contents
Formulation composition
| Elā (Sūkṣmailā) API | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 1 part |
| Madhūka API | Madhuca indica | Fl. | 1 part |
| Agni API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 1 part |
| Haridrā API | Curcuma longa | Rz. | 1 part |
| Dāruharidrā API | Berberis aristata | St | 1 part |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 1 part |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 1 part |
| Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 1 part |
| Raktaśāli (śāli) API | Oryza sativa | Sd. | 1 part |
| Kaṇā (Pippalī) API | Piper longum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Drākṣā API | Vitis vinifera | Dr. Fr. | 1 part |
| Kharjīra API | Phoenix sylvestris | Fr. | 1 part |
| Tila API | Sesamum indicum | Sd. | 1 part |
| Yava API | Hordeum vulgare | Sd. | 1 part |
| Vidārī API | Pueraria tuberosa | Rt. Tr. | 1 part |
| Gokṣura Bīja (Gokṣura) API | Tribulus terrestris | Fr. | 1 part |
| Trivṛtā (Trivṛt) API | Ipomoea turpethum | Rt. | 1 part |
| Śatāvarī API | Asparagus racemosus | Rt. | 1 Part |
| Sitā API | Sugar candy | 36 part | |
| Jala | Water | 12 part |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, clean, dry ingredients numbered 1 to 18 in formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
- Add sugar to water in a stainless steel vessel and heat, maintaining the temperature between 800 and 900
- After the sugar dissolves, filter the hot syrup through muslin cloth.
- Heat the filtered syrup until it becomes thick syrup of optimum consistency. Stop heating and allow tocool to 500 [1]
Description
- Brown soft balls; initially bitter followed by slightly sweet and pungent taste and faintly flavoured with Ela.
Storage
- Store in cool place in tightly closed amber coloured containers, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Agnimāndya (Digestive impairment), Chardi (Emesis), Madātyaya (Alcoholism), Madyāpānaja Vikara (Alcholism disorder).
Dose
- 6 to 12 gm twice a day.
Anupāna
- Fresh milk, Mudga Yusha
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total Ash | Not more than 1.47 per cent |
| Acid insoluble ash | Not more than 0.19 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 74 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 40.0 per cent |
| Reducing suga | 11 to 16 per cent |
| Non-reducing sugar | 70 to 72 per cent |
| pH (5 % aqueous solution) | 4.3 to 4.6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 105.
