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Vaiśvānara Cūrṇa

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Vaiśvānara Cūrṇa is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below:

Formulation composition

Maṇimantha (Saindhava Lavaṇa API) Rock salt 2 parts
Yamānī (Yavānī API) Trachyspermum ammi Fr. 2 part
Ajamodā API Apium leptophyllum Fr. 3 parts
Nāgara (Śuṇṭhī API) Zingiber officinale Rz. 5 parts
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 12 parts

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Roast Saindhava lavana in a stainless steel pan at a low temperature till it becomes free from moisture. Powder the ingredients 1 to 5 individually in a pulverizer and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Weigh separately each ingredient, mix together in specified ratio and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a homogeneous blend.
  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.[1]

Description

  • Creamish-brown, smooth powder with the characteristic smell of Su´°hi; taste salty, astringent, bitter, with a tingling sensation. The powder completely pass on through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass on through sieve number 85

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Ādhmāna (Flatulance with gurgling sound), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Parināmaśūla (Ulcer), Āmavāta (Rheumatism), Hrdroga (Heart disease).

Dose

  • 5 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Kānjika, butter milk, Ghee, warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 10 per cent
Total ash Not more than 15 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1.8 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 34 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 42 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 60.