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'''Haridraa Khandha''' consists of granular material made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below. | '''Haridraa Khandha''' consists of granular material made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below. | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 18 August 2018
Haridraa Khandha consists of granular material made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Haridr¡ API | Curcuma longa | Rz. | 384 g |
| 2 HaviÀ (Gogh¤ta API) | Clarified butter from cow milk | – | 288 g |
| 3 KÀ¢ra (Godugdha API) | Cow milk | – | |
| 4 Kha¸·a (áarkar¡ API) | Sugar Syrup | 2.400 kg | |
| 5 Trika¶u | |||
| a. áu¸¶h¢ API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g |
| b. Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 48 g |
| c. Pippal¢ API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
| 6 Trij¡ta | |||
| a. Tvak API | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | St. Bk. | 48 g |
| b. S£kÀmail¡ API | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 48 g |
| c. Tvakpatra API | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 48 g |
| 7 K¤mighna (Vi·a´ga API) | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 48 g |
| 8 Triv¤t¡ (Triv¤t API) | Operculina turpethum | Rt | . 48 g |
| 9 Triphal¡ | |||
| a. Har¢tak¢ API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 48 g |
| b. Bibh¢taka API | Terminalia bellerica | P. | 48 g |
| c. Ëmalak¢ API. | Emblica officinalis | P. | 48 g |
| 10 Ke¿ara (N¡gake¿ara API) | Mesua ferrea | Stmn. | 48 g |
| 11 Must¡ API | Cyperus rotundus | Rt. Tr. | 48 g |
| 12 Lauha (Lauha bhasma (API)) | Calcined Lauha | – | 48 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Lauha to prepare Lauha bhasma.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 5 to 11 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture along with Lauha bhasma.
- Wash, clean, dry Haridraa, powder and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder[1]
Description
- Yellowish to brown granular material with taste and odour characteristic of turmeric along with pungency.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured glass containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Shitapitta (urticaria), Kandu (itching), Visphota (blister), Dadru (Taeniasis), Udarda (urticaria), Kotha (urticaria).
Dose
- 6 g with milk or water.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total Ash | Not more than 3 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 1 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 14 per cent |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 6 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 3.3 to 3.7 |
| Iron content (% w/w) | Not more than 0.05 per cent |
| Reducing Sugars | 80 to 85 per cent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 29.
