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'''Citrakaadi Gutika''' is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below. | '''Citrakaadi Gutika''' is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:37, 23 September 2018
Citrakaadi Gutika is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.
Contents
Formulation composition
| 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
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Hingu to get Hingu -shuddha..
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients number 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85).
- 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.[1]
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
| 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
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 109.
