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==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"
| Guggulu API - Śuddha ||Commiphora wighti|| O. R.|| 6 g
|-
| Triphalā||||||
|-
| Harītakī API ||Terminalia chebula ||P.|| 1 g
|-
| Bibhītaka API|| Terminalia belerica ||P.|| 1 g
|-
| Āmalakī API ||Emblica officinalis|| P.|| 1 g
|-
| Vyoṣa||||||
|-
| Śuṇṭhī API|| Zingiber officinale|| Rz. ||1 g
|-
| Marica API ||Piper nigrum ||Fr.|| 1 g
|-
| Pippalī API ||Piper longum|| Fr||. 1 g
|-
| Ājya (Goghṛta API) ||Clarified butter from cow milk|| –|| QS
|}
==Method of preparation==
*Take all ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
*Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu - shuddha (Appendix 6.2.8.4)Śuddha.
*Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 and 3 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 shuddhaŚuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Gh¤ta Ghṛta 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.
*Roll the vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Gh¤ta or use suitable mechanical device.
*Dry the rounded vatis in a tray-dryer at a temperature not exceeding 600 for 10 to 12 h.
*Store vatis in containers and pack them air-tight to protect from light and moisture<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Description==
*Spherical pills, black in colour with agreeable odour and bitter taste.
==Storage==
*Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
==Therapeutic uses==
*Nāḍīvraṇa (sinus), Duṣṭavraṇa (non-healing ulcer), Bhagandara (fistula-in-ano).
==Dose==
*3 g daily in divided doses.
==Anupāna==
*Triphala kvatha, Phalatrik¡di kvatha, Ushnodaka.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Total Ash||Not more than 6 per cent
|-
|Acid-insoluble ash||Not more than 2 per cent
|-
|Alcohol-soluble extractive|| Not less than 24 per cent
|-
|Water-soluble extractive||Not less than 38 per cent
|-
|Loss on drying||Not more than 13 per cent
|-
|pH (1% aqueous solution)||3.3 to 3.5
|}
==References==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Sinus]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Non healing ulcer]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Pain due to ulcer]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Fistula-in-ano]]
