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'''Citrakaadi Gutika''' is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.
==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"|Citraka API ||Plumbago zeylanica ||Rt.|| 1 part|-| Pippal¢m£la (Pippal¢ API)|| Piper longum|| St.|| 1 part|-| DvikÀ¡ra|||||||-|a. YavakÀ¡ra (API)|| Hordeum vulgare ||Water soluble ash of Pl.|| 1 part|-|b. SarjikÀ¡ra (Svarj¢kÀ¡ra (API))|| Crude alkaline earth|| – ||1 part|-|4 Paµcalava¸a|||||||-|a. Sauvarcala Lava¸a (API) ||Black salt ||– ||1 part|-|b. Saindhava Lava¸a (API)|| Rock salt|| –|| 1 part|-|c. Vi·a Lava¸a ||||||1 part|-|d. S¡mudra Lava¸a API|| Sea salt|| – ||1 part|-|e. Audbhida Lava¸a ||||||1 part|-| VyoÀa|||||||-|a. áu¸¶h¢ API|| Zingiber officinale|| Rz. ||1 part|-|b. Marica API|| Piper nigrum ||Fr.|| 1 part|-|c. Pippal¢ API|| Piper longum ||Fr.|| 1 part|-| Hi´gu API - áuddha ||Ferula foetida|| Exd.|| 1 part|-| Ajamod¡ API|| Apium leptophyllum ||Fr.|| 1 part|-| Cavya API|| Piper chaba ||St. ||1 part|-| M¡tulu´ga∗ API - rasa|| Citrus aurantifolia ||Fr.|| Juice QS|}
==Method of preparation==
*Roast coarsely powdered ingredients numbered 4 of the Formulation Composition in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85).
*Roast ingredient number 2 of the formulation composition in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Description==
*Light brown coloured pills with characteristic asafoetida odour and bitter taste.
==Storage==
*Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
==Therapeutic uses==
*Agnimandya (Digestive impairment), amadosha (Products of impaired digestion and metabolism), Grahani (Malabsorption syndrome).
==Dose==
*500 mg - 1 g per day in divided doses with warm water/ Butter milk.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Total Ash||Not more than 51 per cent
|-
|Acid-insoluble ash||Not more than 2 per cent
|-
|Alcohol-soluble extractive||Not less than 8 per cent
|-
|Water-soluble extractive||Not less than 56 per cent
|-
|Loss on drying||Not more than 10 per cent
|-
|pH (1 % aqueous solution)||3. 5 to 4.5
|}
==References==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Digestive impairment]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Products of impaired digestion and metabolism]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Malabsorption syndrome]]
