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==Formulation composition==
 
==Formulation composition==
 
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|1. Har¢tak¢ API|| Terminalia chebula|| P.|| 48 g
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|2. Bibh¢taka API ||Terminalia belerica || P. || 48 g
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|3. Ëmalak¢ API|| Emblica officinalis ||P.|| 48 g
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|4. Jala for decoction ||Water ||||576 ml
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| reduced to ||||||144 ml
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|5. Gandhaka-áuddha API ||Sulphur|||| 48 g
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|6. Guggulu-áuddha API|| Commiphora wightii|| O.R.|| 48 g
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| 7. Citra (Era¸·a API) ||Taila Ricinus communis|| Sd. Oil ||30 g
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==Method of preparation==
 
==Method of preparation==

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Simhanaada Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

1. Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 48 g
2. Bibh¢taka API Terminalia belerica P. 48 g
3. Ëmalak¢ API Emblica officinalis P. 48 g
4. Jala for decoction Water 576 ml
reduced to 144 ml
5. Gandhaka-áuddha API Sulphur 48 g
6. Guggulu-áuddha API Commiphora wightii O.R. 48 g
7. Citra (Era¸·a API) Taila Ricinus communis Sd. Oil 30 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40.
  • Soak the coarse powder of ingredients numbered 1 to 3 in 4 times of potable water for 12 h. Gently heat the mixture to boil and continue the boiling to reduce the volume of the mixture to one fourth of its original volume.
  • Stop the boiling and filter while still warm through a muslin cloth. Powder the Gandhaka áuddha and pass through sieve number 120[1]

Description

  • Spherical pills, brownish-black to black in colour with agreeable odour and bitter taste.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Khanja (limping), Pandu (anaemia), amavata (rheumatism), Vatarakta (gout), Kushtha (diseases of skin), Vata Roga (disease due to Vata Dosha /neurological disease), Kapha Roga (disease due to Kapha Dosha), Pitta Roga (disease due to Pitta Dosha), Padgu (paraplegia), shvsa (dyspnoea/asthma), Kasa (cough), Gulma (abdominal lump), sula (pain), Udara (diseases of abdomen), Jara (senility/progeriasis), Palita (graying of hair), Agnimandya (digestive impairment).

Dose

  • 2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 12 per cent
Total ash Not more than 7 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 3.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 31 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 23 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 4.87 to 5.33

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 183.