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'''Prabhakara Vati''' is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below
 
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==Therapeutic uses==
 
==Therapeutic uses==
*Hrdroga (heart disease).
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Latest revision as of 17:33, 23 September 2018

Prabhakara Vati is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below

Formulation composition

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

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Svarna maakshika to get svarna maakshika bhasma.
  • Treat Lauha to get Lauha bhasma.
  • Treat Abhraka to get Abhraka bhasma.
  • 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). [1]

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

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

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 123.