Yogarāja Guggulu

Yogarāja Guggulu Vati is preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition, given below, with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Citraka API	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt.	1 part
Pippalīmūla API	Piper longum	Rt.	1 part
Yamānī (Yavānī API)	Trachyspermum ammi	Sd.	1 part
Kāravī (Kṛṣṇa Jīraka API)	Carum carvi	Fr.	1 part
Viḍaṅga API	Embelia ribes	Fr.	1 part
Ajamodā API	Apium leptophyllum	Fr.	1 part
Jīraka (Śveta Jīraka API)	Cuminum cyminum	Fr.	1 part
Suradāru (Devadāru API)	Cedrus deodara	Ht. Wd.	1 part
Cavya API	Piper chaba	St.	1 part
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	1 part
Saindhava Lavaṇa API	Rock Salt		1 part
Kuṣṭha API	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	1 part
Rāsnā API	Pluchea lanceolata	Rt./ Lf.*	1 part
Gokṣura API	Tribulus terrestris	Fr.	1 part
Dhānyaka API	Coriandrum sativum	Fr.	1 part
Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	1 part
Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	1 part
Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	1 part
Mustaka (Mustā API)	Cyperus rotundus	Rz.	1 part
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	1 part
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	1 part
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	1 part
Tvak API	Cinnamomum zeylancium	St. Bk.	1 part
Uśīra API	Vetiveria zizanoides	Rt.	1 part
Yavāgraja (Yava) Kṣāra API	Hordeum vulgare	Water soluble ash of Pl.	1 part
Tālīsa Patra API	Taxus wallichi	Lf.	1 part
Patra (Tejapatra API)	Cinnamomum tamala	Lf.	1 part
Guggulu API -Śuddha	Commiphora wightii	O.R.	27 parts
Sarpi (Goghṛta API)	Clarified butter From Cow's milk		1 part

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 27 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 Ghrta in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid 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.
• Roll the Vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Eraṇḍa Taila or use suitable mechanical device.

Description

• Dark brown spherical Vati with spicy pleasant odour and astringent taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Udararoga (Diseases of abdomen), Āmavāta (Rheumatism), Āḍhyavāta (Gout), Kṛmi (Worm infestation), Duṣṭavṛna (Non-healing ulcer), Plīhāvṛddhi (Splenomegaly), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Ānāha (Distension of abdomen), Arśa (Piles), Agnimāndya (Digestive impairment), Daurbalya (Weakness), Sandhigata Vata (Osteoarthropathy), Majjāgata vāta (Bone marrow disorders).

Dose

• 2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water and milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 10 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 16 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 19 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.7 to 5.0