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Vyoṣādi Guggulu
Vyoṣādi Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient
Contents
Formulation composition
1. Śuṇṭhī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 1 Part |
2. Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 1 Part |
3. Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 1 Part |
4. Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 1 Part |
5. Mustā API | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 1 Part |
6. Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 1 Part |
7. Bibhītaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 1 Part |
8. Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 1 Part |
9. Viḍaṅga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 1 Part |
10. Guggulu- API Śuddha | Commiphora wightii | O.R. | 9 Parts |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 9 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh them separately in the required quantities and mix.
- Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu-Śuddha, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
- Add Eraṇḍa oil to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semisolid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
- Expel the mass through Vati machine fitted with a suitable die and cut the Vatis to a desired weight.[1]
Description
- Spherical pills, black in colour with pleasant odour and bitter taste.
Storage
- Storage: Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Medoroga (Obesity); Kapha Roga (Disease due to Kapha Dosha); Āmavāta (Rheumatism),
Dose
- 2-3 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Warm water.
Physico-chemical parameters
Loss on drying | Not more than 15 per cent |
Total ash | Not more than 11 per cent |
Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 3 per cent |
Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 21 per cent |
Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 24 per cent |
pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.57 to 4.69 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 195.