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'''Citrakaadi ChurnaCitrakādi Cūrṇa''' is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.
==Formulation composition==
|Citraka API ||Plumbago zeylanica ||Rt. ||12 g
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| N¡gara Nāgara (áu¸¶h¢ Śuṇṭhī API) ||Zingiber officinale|| Rz. ||12 g
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| Hi´gu Hiṅgu API|| Ferula foetida|| Exd. ||12 g
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| Pippal¢ Pippalī AP||I Piper longum|| Fr|| 12 g
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| Pippal¢ja¶¡ Pippalījaṭā (Pippal¢ Pippalī API) ||Piper longum ||St.|| 12 g
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| Cavya API ||Piper retrofractum ||St.|| 12 g
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| Ajamod¡ Ajamodā API|| Apium leptophyllum|| Fr.|| 12 g
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| Marica API ||Piper nigrum|| Fr.|| 12 g
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| Svarjik¡ Svarjikā (Svark¢kÀ¡ra Svarjīkṣāra (API)) ||Crude alkaline earth|| –|| 6 g
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| YavakÀ¡ra Yavakṣāra (API) ||Hordeum vulgare Water soluble Ash of ||Pl.|| 6 g
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| Sindhu (Saindhava Lava¸a Lavaṇa (API))|| Rock salt ||– ||6 g
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| Sauvarcala (Sauvarcala Lava¸a Lavaṇa (API))|| Black salt|| –|| 6 g
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| Vi·a Lava¸a Viḍa Lavaṇa 6 g||||||
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| S¡mudraka Sāmudraka (S¡mudra Lava¸a Sāmudra Lavaṇa API)|| Sea salt|| –|| 6 g
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| Romaka Lava¸a Lavaṇa 6 g||||||
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| M¡tulu´ga Mātuluṅga API -|| rasa Citrus medica Fr. juice|||| QS
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==Method of preparation==
*Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
*Treat Hi´gu Hiṅgu to prepare Hi´gu - áuddha (Appendix 6.2.8.15)Śuddha.*Roast Svarjik¡ kÀ¡ra Svarjikā kṣāra and Yava kÀ¡ra kṣāra in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture.*Roast coarsely powdered Sauvarcala, Saindhava, S¡mudra Sāmudra and Vi·a Lava¸as Viḍa Lavaṇa in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85).
*Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1, 2 and 4 to 8 of the Formulation Composition and powder separately. The powders should completely pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) and not less than 50 per cent pass through through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85). <ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Therapeutic uses==
*Arocaka (tastlessnessTastlessness), amajasula Āmajaśūla (intestinal colic), Grahani Grahaṇī (malabsorption syndrome), Gulma (abdominal dump), Agnimandya Agnimāndya (digestive impairment), KaphadoÀa Kaphadoṣa (vitiation of Kapha dosha)
==Dose==
[[Category:Formulations]]
