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'''Prabhakara Vati''' is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below
==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"|M¡kÀika (Svar¸am¡kÀika Bhasma (API)) ||Calcined Chalcopyrite|| – ||1 part|-| Lauha (Lauha Bhasma (API)) ||Calcined Lauha|| –|| 1 part|-| Abhra (Abhraka Bhasma (API))|| Calcined Abhraka|| – ||1 part|-| Tug¡kÀ¢r¢ (VaÆ¿alocana (API)) ||Bamboo manna ||S. C.|| 1 part|-| áil¡jatu (API) - áuddha ||||||1 part|-| P¡rthav¡ri (Arjuna API) - Kv¡tha|| Terminalia arjuna ||St. Bk.|| QS|}
==Method of preparation==
*Treat Shilaajatu to get Shilaajatu- shuddha.
*Wash, clean, dry the ingredient number 6 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) ([[kvatha dravya]]). <ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Description==
*Reddish brown pills with a faint odour and acrid taste.
==Storage==
*Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moistu.
==Therapeutic uses==
*Hrdroga (Heart disease).
==Dose==
*250 mg - 500 mg per day in divided doses with water/ Arjuna kvatha/milk.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Total Ash|| Not more than 70 per cent
|-
|Acid-insoluble ash||Not more than 3 per cent
|-
|Alcohol-soluble extractive|| Not less than 7 per cent
|-
|Water-soluble extractive||Not less than 14 per cent
|-
|Loss on drying||Not more than 13 per cent
|-
|pH (1 % aqueous solution)||7.0 to 8.5
|}
==References==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Heart disease]]
