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Avipattikara Churna is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Śu´°hī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 part
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 part
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 1 part
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 1 part
Bibhītaka API Terminalia bellirica P. 1 part
Āmalakī API Phyllanthus emblica P. 1 part(Emblica offcinalis)
Mustā API Cyperus rotundus Rz. 1 part
Vi²ā lavana - - 1 part
Vi²a¬ga API Embelia ribes Fr. 1 part
Elā (Sūk¾mailā API) Eletteria cardamomum Sd. 1 part
Patra (Tejapatra API) Cinnamomum tamala Lf. 1 part
Lava¬ga API S yzygium aromaticum Fl. Bd. 11 parts
Triv¨t API Ipomoea turpethum Rt. 44 parts
Śarkarā API Cane sugar - 66 parts

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Clean, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 7 and 9 to 13 individually in a pulverizer and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Prepare fine powder of Vi²a lavana and Śarkarā separately and pass through sieve number 85. Weigh separately each powdered ingredient, mix together in specified ratio and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a homogeneous blend.
  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.[1]

Description

  • Light brown, fine powder, odour characteristic of clove, with a sweet, spicy and pungent taste. The powder completely pass on through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass on through sieve number 85.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Agnimāndya (digestive impairment), Malabandha (constipation), Amlapitta (Hyperacidity), Arśa (Piles), Mūtrabandha (retention of urine), Prameha (metabolic disorder).

Dose

  • 10 g daily in divided doses

Anupāna

  • Honey, Water, Milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total ash Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 0.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 20 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 53 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 4 to 6
Total sugar Not less than 39 per cent
Reducing sugars Not less than 4 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 42.