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Navāyasa Cūrṇa

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Navāyasa Cūrṇa is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 part
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 part
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 1 part
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 1 part
Bibhītaka API Terminalia bellirica P. 1 part
Āmalakī API Phyllanthus emblica(Emblica officinalis) P. 1 part
Mustā API Cyperus rotundus Rt. Tr. 1 part
Viḍaṇga API Embelia ribes Fr. 1 part
Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 1 part
Ayoraja (Lauha bhasma) (30 Puti) 9 parts

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder ingredients 1 to 9 individually in a pulverizer and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Weigh separately each powdered ingredient, mix together in specified ratio along with Ayoraja (lauha) bhasma and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a homogeneous blend.
  • Store in an air-tight container.
  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.[1]

Description

  • Reddish-brown powder with pungent odour and spicy, pungent taste. All pass through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass through sieve number 85.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Pāṇḍu (Anaemia), Kāmalā (Jaundice), Prameha (Metabolic disorder), Pīdaka (Carbuncle), Hrdroga (Heart disease), Kushtha (Diseases of Skin), Arśa (Piles).

Dose

  • 2 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Honey, Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 6 per cent
Total ash Not more than 56 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 14 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 11 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 90.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 3 to 4

References

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