Pañcatikta Guggulu Ghṛta

Pañcatikta Guggulu Ghṛta is semisolid preparation made with the ingredients given in the Formulation Composition given below

Formulation composition

Nimbatvak (Nimba API)	Azadirachta indica	St. Bk.	480 g
Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	480 g
Vṛṣa (Vāsā API)	Adhatoda vasica	Rt.	480 g
Paṭola API	Trichosanthes dioica	Lf./Pl.*	480 g
Nidigdhikā (Kaṇṭkārī API)	Solanum xanthocarpum	Pl.	480 g
Jala for decoction API	Water		12.288 l
reduced to			1.5361
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API)	Clarified butter from Cow s milk		768 g
Pāṭhā API	Cissampelos pareira	Rt	12 g
Viḍaṅga API	Embelia ribes	Fr.	12 g
Suradāru (Devadāru API)	Cedrus deodara	Ht. Wd.	12 g
Gajopakulyā (Gajapippalī API)	Scindapsus officinalis	Fr	12 g
Yavakṣāra (Yava API)	Hordeum vulgare	Pl	12 g
Sarjikākṣāra (Svarjikṣāra API)			12 g
Nāgara (Śuṇṭhī API)	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	12 g
Niśā (Haridrā API)	Curcuma longa	Rz.	12 g
Miśi (Miśreyā API)	Foeniculum vulgare	Fr.	12 g
Cavya API	Piper retrofractum	St.	12 g
Kuṣṭha API	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	12 g
Tejovatī API	Zanthoxylum alatum	Fr.	12 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	12 g
Vatsaka (Kuṭaja API)	Holarrhena antidysenterica	St. Bk.	12 g
Dīpyaka (Yavānī API)	Trachyspermum ammi	Fr.	12 g
Agni (Citraka API)	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt	12 g
Rohiṇī (Kaṭukā API)	Picrorrhiza kurrooa	Rz./Rt.	12 g
Aruṣkara (Bhallātaka-Śuddha API)	Semecarpus anacardium	Fr.	12 g
Vacā API	Acorus calamus	Rz.	12 g
Kaṇāmūla (Pippalī API)	Piper longum	Rt.	12 g
Yuktā (Rāsnā API)	Pluchea lanceolata	Rt./Lf.*	12 g
Mañjiṣṭhā API	Rubia cordifolia	Rt.	12 g
Ativiṣā API	Aconitum heterophyllum	Rt. Tr	12 g
Vāṣā (Ativiṣā Bheda API)	Aconitum palmatum	Rt.	12 g
Yavānī API	Trachyspermum ammi	Fr.	12 g
Guggulu (Śuddha API)	Commiphora wighti	O.R.	240 g

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40.
• Soak the coarse powder of ingredients numbered in 4 times of potable water for 12 h. Gently heat the mixture to boil and continue the boiling to reduce the volume of the mixture to one fourth of its original volume.
• Stop the

Description

• Dark brown, semi-solid paste, unctuous touch with pleasant and characteristic odour and slightly bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Sandhigata vāta (Osteoarthropathy), Asthigata vāta (Vata confined to bones), Majjāgata vāta (Bone marrow related disorders), Nāḍī vraṇa (Sinus), Kuṣṭha (Disease of skin), Arbuda (Tumour), Bhagandara (Fistula in ano), Gaṇdamālā (Goiter/Cervical lymphadenitis), Guda Roga (Anorectal disease), Meha (Excessive flow of urine), Yakṣma (Tuberculosis), Aruci (Tastelessness), svāsa (Asthma), Pīnasa (Chronic rhinitis/Sinusitis), Kāsa (Cough), Śopha (Oedema), Hṛdroga (Heart disease), Pāṇḍu (Anaemia), Mada (Intoxication), Vidradhi (Abscess), Vātarakta (Gout), Ūrdhvajatrugata Roga (Disease of head and neck).

Dose

• 6-12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water and milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 17 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 22 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 8 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	5.3 to 5.5