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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
*Light brown coloured pills with characteristic asafoetida odour and bitter taste.
 
*Light brown coloured pills with characteristic asafoetida odour and bitter taste.
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==Storage==
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*Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
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==Therapeutic uses==
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*Agnimandya (digestive impairment), amadosha (products of impaired digestion and metabolism), Grahani (malabsorption syndrome).
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==Dose==
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*500 mg - 1 g per day in divided doses with warm water/ Butter milk.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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Citrakaadi Gutika is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Hingu to get Hingu -shuddha..
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients number 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85).
  • Roast coarsely powdered ingredients numbered 4 of the Formulation Composition 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).
  • Roast ingredient number 2 of the formulation composition in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture.[1]

Description

  • Light brown coloured pills with characteristic asafoetida odour and bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Agnimandya (digestive impairment), amadosha (products of impaired digestion and metabolism), Grahani (malabsorption syndrome).

Dose

  • 500 mg - 1 g per day in divided doses with warm water/ Butter milk.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 109.