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Shankha Vati is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.
Contents
Formulation composition
Ciµc¡ API -kÀ¡ra | Tamarindus indica | St. Bk. | 48 g | |
Pa¶uvajra (Paµca lava¸a each in equal quantity) | 48 g | |||
a. Saindhava Lava¸a (API) | Rock salt | |||
b. S¡mudra Lava¸a API | Sea salt | |||
c. Sauvarcala Lava¸a (API) | Black salt | |||
d. Vi·a Lava¸a | ||||
e. Audbhida Lava¸a | ||||
áa´kha (áa´kha Bhasma (API)) | Calcined Conch | – | 48 g | |
Hi´gu API - áuddha | Ferula foetida | Exd. | 48 g | |
VyoÀa | ||||
a. áu¸¶h¢ API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g | |
b. Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 48 g | |
c. Pippal¢ API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g | |
Rasa (P¡rada API) - áuddha | Mercury | – | 3 g | |
Am¤ta (Vatsan¡bha API) - áuddha | Aconitum chasmanthum | Rt. Tr. | 3 g | |
Val¢ (Gandhaka API) - áuddha | Sulphur | – | 3 g | |
Nimb£ API - Svarasa | Citrus limon | Fr. juice | QS |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Shankha to prepare Shankha bhasma.
- Treat Hingu to get Hingu - shuddha, Vatsanabha to get Vatsanabha - shuddha, Parada to get Parada - shuddha and Gandhaka to get Gandhaka - shuddha.
- Triturate Pshrada - shuddha and Gandhaka - shuddha together in a Khalvayantra to prepare Kajjali. .
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 5 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve.[1]
Description
- Light grey pills with a characteristic asafoetida odour and salty taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Agnim¡ndya (digestive impairment), Grahani (malabsorption syndrome), Arocaka (tastelessness), Paktisula (duodenal ulcers), Kashaya (pthisis).
Dose
- 500 mg - 1 g per day in divided doses with Honey/Warm water/Butter milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
Total Ash | Not more than 43 per cent |
Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 6 per cent |
Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 8 per cent |
Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 53 per cent |
Loss on drying | Not less than 53 per cent |
pH (1 % aqueous solution) | 8.0 to 9.0 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 131.