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==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"
|Var¡||||||
|-
| Harītakī API|| [[Terminalia chebula]]|| P.|| 4 g
|-
|Bibhītaka API ||[[Terminalia belerica]] ||P. ||4 g
|-
| Āmalakī API ||[[Emblica officinalis]]|| P.|| 4 g
|-
|Nimba API ||[[Azadirachta indica]] ||St. Bk.|| 12 g
|-
| Arjuna AP|| [[Terminalia arjuna]] ||St. Bk.|| 12 g
|-
| Aśvattha API ||[[Ficus religiosa]] ||St. Bk. ||12 g
|-
| Khadira (Khadira API)|| [[Acacia catechu]]|| Wd. extract ||12 g
|-
| Asana API ||[[Pterocarpus marsupium ]]||Ht. Wd.|| 12 g
|-
| Vāsaka (Vāsā API) ||[[Adhatoda zeylanica]]|| Rt.|| 12 g
|-
| Guggulu API - śuddha ||Commiphora wightii|| O. R.|| 84 g
|}
==Method of preparation==
*Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
*Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu -shuddhaśuddha.
*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 shuddhaśuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Ghrta 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.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==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==
*Upadaṃśa (syphilis/soft chancre), Rakatadoṣa (blood disorders), Duṣṭavraṇa (non-healing ulcer).
==Dose==
*2 g daily in divided doses.
==Anupāna==
*Triphalā kvātha, Mañjiṣṭhādi kvātha, Uṣṇodaka
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|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==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Pages needs special characters]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Syphilis]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Disorders of blood]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Non healing ulcer]]
