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Saptaviṁśatikta Guggulu

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Saptaviṁśatika Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

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 belerica P. 1 part
Āmalakī API Emblica officinalis P. 1 part
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 1 part
Viḍaṅga API Embelia ribes Fr. 1 part
Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 1 part
Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt 1 part
Śatī API Hedychium spicatum Rz. 1 part
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 1 part
Pippalīmūla API Piper longum Rt. 1 part
Havuṣā (Hapuṣā API) Juniperus communis Fr. 1 part
Suradāru (Devadāra API) Cedrus deodara Ht. Wd. 1 part
Tumburu (Tejovatī API) Zanthoxylum aromaticum Fr. 1 part
Puṣkara API Saussurea lappa Rt. 1 part
Cavya API Piper chaba St. 1 part
Viśālā (Rakta Indravāruṇī API) Citrullus colocynthi Rt. 1 part
Haridrā API Curcuma longa Rz. 1 part
Dāruharidrā API Berberis aristata St. 1 part
Viḍa Lavaṇa API 1 part
Sauvarcala Lavaṇa API 1 part
Yavakṣāra (Yava API) Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of Pl . 1 part
Sarjikā Kṣāra (Svarjī Kṣāra API) 1 part
Saindhava Lavaṇa API 1 part
Gajapippalī API Scindapsus officinalis Fr. 1 part
Guggulu-Śuddha API Commiphora wighti O.R. 54 parts

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 21 and 27 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve numbered 85. Powder the ingredients numbered 22 to 26 of theformulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85. Weigh them all separately in the required quantities and mix.
  • Crush weighed quantity of Śuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
  • Add Ghṛta in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained[1]

Description

  • Dark brown spherical pills with spicy pleasant odour, salty, bitter and astringent taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Hṛcchula (Angina pectoris), Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Asthma), Pārśvasūla (Inter costal neuralgia), Śotha (Inflammation), Arśa (Piles), Bhagandara (Fistula-in-ano), Kukṣi Rujā (Pelvic pain), Vaktra Rujā (Pain in mouth), Guda Rujā (Pain in anus), Aśmarī (Calculus), Mūtrakṛcchra (Dysuria), Āntravṛddhi (Hernia), Kṛmi (Worm infestation), Jvara (Fever), Kṣaya (Pthisis), Apasmāra (Epilepsy), Ānāha (Distension of abdomen), Unmāda (Psychosis), Kuṣṭha (Skin diseases), Udara (Diseases of abdomen), Nāḍvṛana (Sinus), Duṣṭavṛana (Non-healing ulcer), Prameha (Increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Ślīpada (Filariasis).

Dose

  • 12-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Warm water and honey.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 13 per cent
Total ash Not more than 17 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 4 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 25 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 35 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 4.5 to 5.0

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 180.