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==General Descripition=='''Guggulu''' is an exudate (Niryāsa) obtained from the plant Commiphora mukul. Preparations having the exudates as main effective ingredient are known as Guggulu. There are five different varieties of Guggulu described in the Ayurvedic texts. However two of the varieties, namely, Mahi¾āksa and Kanaka Guggulu are usually a combination of herbs meant preferred for a specific use or to treat certain disordersmedicinal preparations. Mahiṣāksa Guggulu is dark greenish brown and Kanaka Guggulu is yellowish brown in color.
==Method of preparation==
1. Sand, stone, plant debris, glass etc. are first removed.
2. It is then broken into small pieces.
3. It is thereafter bundled in a piece of cloth and boiled in Dola Yantra containing any one of the following fluids.
a. Gomūtra,
b. Triphalā kaāya,
c. Nirguṇḍipatra Svarasa with Haridrā Cūrṇa,
d. Vāsāpatra Kaṣāya,
e. Vāsāpatra Svarasa and
f. Dugdha.
The boiling of Guggulu in Dolā Yantra is carried on until all the Guggulu passes into the fluid through the cloth. By pressing with fingers, much of the fluid that can pass through is taken out. The residue in the bundle is discarded. The fluid is filtered and again boiled till it forms a mass. This mass is dried and then pounded with a pestle in a stone mortar, adding ghee in small quantities till it becomes waxy.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==General DescripitionCharacteristics=='''*Guggulu''' is an exudate (Niryaasa) obtained from the plant Commiphora mukul. Preparations having the exudates as main effective ingredient are known cleaned as Guggulu. There are five different varieties of Guggulu described in the Ayurvedic texts. However two of the varietiesabove, namelyis soft, Mahishaksa waxy and Kanaka Guggulu are usually preferred for medicinal preparations. Mahishaksa Guggulu is dark greenish brown and Kanaka Guggulu is yellowish brown in color. Characteristics of preparations of guggulu vary depending on the other ingredients added to the preparations.
==Preparation InvolvesPreservation==*Sand, stone, plant debris, glass etc. are first removed.*It Guggulu is then broken into small pieces.*It is thereafter bundled kept in a piece of cloth glass or porcelain jars free from moisture and boiled stored in Dola Yantra containing any one of the following fluids.*Gomootra,*Triphalā kashāya,*Nirgu´²ipatra Svarasa with Haridrā Cūrna,*Vāsāpatra Kashāya,*Vāsāpatra Svarasa and*Dugdhaa cool place. The boiling of Guggulu in Dolā Yantra potency is carried on until all the Guggulu passes into the fluid through the cloth. By pressing maintained for two years when prepared with fingers, much ingredients of the fluid that can pass through is taken out. The residue in the bundle is discarded. The fluid is filtered plant origin and again boiled till it forms a mass. This mass is dried indefinitely when prepared with metals and then pounded with a pestle in a stone mortar, adding ghee in small quantities till it becomes waxyminerals.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIAThe Ayurvedic formulary of India"/>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 9493.</ref>
<ref name="The Ayurvedic formulary of India">The Ayurvedic formulary of India Part-III page no 103.</ref>
</references>
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