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Madhusnuhī Rasaayana

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Madhusnuhī Rasaayana is a semisolid Avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 6 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 6 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 6 g
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 6 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia belerica P. 6 g
Āmalakī API Emblica officinalis P. 6 g
Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylanicum St. Bk. 6 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 6 g
Patra (Tejapatra) API Cinnamomum zeylanicum Lf 6 g
Jātīphala API Myristica fragrans Sd. 6 g
Jātīpatrā (Jātīphala API) Myristica fragrans Ar. 6 g
Agni (Citraka API) Plumbago zeylanica Rt . 6 g
Varālā (Lavaṅga API) Syzigium aromaticum Fl. Bd. 6 g
Dhānyaka API Coriandrum sativum Fr. 6 g
Śveta jīraka API Cuminum cyminum Fr. 6 g
Kṛṣṇa Jīraka API Carum carvi Fr. 6 g
Viḍaṅga API Embelia ribes Fr. 6 g
Cavya API Piper chaba St. 6 g
Kuṣṭha API Saussuera lappa Rt. 6 g
Trivṛtā (Trivṛt API) Ipomoea turpethum Rt. 6 g
Granthika (Pippalīmūla API) Piper longum Rt. 6 g
Vājigandhikā (Aśvagandā API) Withania somnifera Rt. 6 g
Bhārṅgī API Clerodendrum serratum Rt. 6 g
Tejovatī-Bīja API Zanthoxylum alatum Sd. 6 g
Keśara (Nāgakeśara API) Mesua ferrea Stmn. 6 g
Śuddha Gandha (Gandhaka API) Sulphur 192 g
Mahiṣākṣa Guggulu-Śodhita API Commiphora wighti O. R. 192 g
Madhusnuhī API Smilax china Rt. Tr. 192 g
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from cow s milk 576 g
Sitā API Sugar candy 576 g
Madhu API Honey 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Clean, dry the ingredients number 1 to 26 and 29 (Prakshepa Dravya) of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Treat Guggulu to prepare shodhita Guggulu.
  • Treat Gandhaka to prepare shodhita Guggulu.
  • Powder shuddha Gandhaka and pass through sieve number 120.[1]

Description

  • Solid, brown, sweet semi solid with smell characteristic of coconut.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Pramehapiḍaka (Diabetic carbuncle), Arbuda (Tumour), Gaṇḍamālā (Cervical lymphadenitis), Bhagandara (Fistula-in-ano), Guhyavraṇa (Ulcer in genitalia), Vātarakta (Gout), Kuṣṭha (Diseases of skin), Kilāsa (Vitiligo) Arṣa (Piles), Prameha (Increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Kanḍū (Itching). Used as Rasayana.

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash Not more than 1.4 per cent
Acid insoluble ash Not more than 0.23 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 40.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 47.5 per cent
Reducing sugar 25 to 30 per cent
Non-reducing sugar 4.78 to 5.14 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution) 4.02 to 4.17

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 108.