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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.

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

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 109.