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Varaadi Guggulu vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient

Formulation composition

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Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 4 g
Bibh¢taka API Terminalia belerica P. 4 g
Ëmalak¢ API Emblica officinalis P. 4 g
Nimba API Azadirachta indica St. Bk. 12 g
Arjuna AP I Terminalia arjuna St. Bk. 12 g
A¿vattha API Ficus religiosa St. Bk. 12 g
Khadira S¡ra (Khadira API) Acacia catechu Wd. extract 12 g
Asana API Pterocarpus marsupium Ht. Wd. 12 g
V¡saka (V¡s¡ API) Adhatoda zeylanica Rt. 12 g
Guggulu API - áuddha Commiphora wightii O. R. 84 g


Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu -shuddha.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 7 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture.
  • Crush weighed quantity of shuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Ghrta to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
  • Expel the mass through vati machine to obtain cylindrical threads and cut the vatis to a desired weight.[1]

Description

  • Spherical pills, black in colour with agreeable odour, taste bitter.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Upadasa (syphilis/soft chancre), RakatadoÀa (blood disorders), Dushtavrana (non-healing ulcer).

Dose

  • 2 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Triphala kvatha, Maujishtadi kvatha, Ushnodaka

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash Not more than 12 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 4.0 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 18 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 29 per cent
Loss on drying Not more than 14 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 3.7 to 3.9

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 47.