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==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"|1. Śuṇṭhī API ||[[Zingiber officinale]]|| Rz.|| 1 Part|-|2. Marica API|| [[Piper nigrum]]|| Fr.|| 1 Part|-|3. Pippalī API|| [[Piper longum]]|| Fr. ||1 Part|-|4. Citraka API ||[[Plumbago zeylanica]] ||Rt.|| 1 Part|-|5. Mustā API|| [[Cyperus rotundus]]|| Rz.|| 1 Part|-|6. Harītakī API|| [[Terminalia chebula]]|| P. ||1 Part|-|7. Bibhītaka API|| [[Terminalia belerica]]|| P.|| 1 Part|-|8. Āmalakī API|| [[Emblica officinalis]]|| P. ||1 Part|-|9. Viḍaṅga API|| [[Embelia ribes]]|| Fr.|| 1 Part|-|10. [[Guggulu]]- API Śuddha ||Commiphora wightii ||O.R. ||9 Parts|}
==Method of preparation==
*Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
*Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 9 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh them separately in the required quantities and mix.
*Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu-shuddhaŚuddha, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. *Add Eranda Eraṇḍa oil to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semisolid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
*Expel the mass through Vati machine fitted with a suitable die and cut the Vatis to a desired weight.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Description==
*Spherical pills, black in colour with pleasant odour and bitter taste.
==Storage==
*Storage: Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.
==Therapeutic uses==
*Medoroga (Obesity); Kapha Roga (Disease due to Kapha Dosha); Āmavāta (Rheumatism),
==Dose==
*2-3 g daily in divided doses.
==Anupāna==
*Warm water.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Loss on drying||Not more than 15 per cent
|-
|Total ash||Not more than 11 per cent
|-
|Acid-insoluble ash||Not more than 3 per cent
|-
|Alcohol-soluble extractive||Not less than 21 per cent
|-
|Water-soluble extractive||Not less than 24 per cent
|-
|pH (1% aqueous solution)||4.57 to 4.69
|}
==References==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Obesity]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases due to Kapha Dosha]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Rheumatism]]
