Difference between revisions of "Puṣyānuga Cūrṇa"

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

Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
Treat Gairika to prepare Shuddha Gairika , powder and pass through sieve number 85.
Clean, dry and powder ingredients numbered 1 to 26 individually (except 15) and pass through sieve number 85.
Weigh separately each powdered ingredient and mix together in specified ratio.
Pass through sieve number 44 to prepare a homogeneous blend.^[1]

Reddish brown-coloured fine powder with a pungent odour and a bitter, sweet taste. The powder completely pass on through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass on through sieve number 85.

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

Asrgdhara (Menorrhagia), Śvetapradara (Leucorrhoea), Rajodosha (Menstrual disorder), Arśa (Piles), Yonidosha (disorders of female genital tract).

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-Loss on drying at 1050
-: Not more than 4 per cent, Appendix 2.2.10.
-Total ash: Not more than 11 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
-Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 9.5 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
-Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 12 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
-Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 68 per cent, Appendix 2.2.8.
-pH (10% aqueous solution): 6 to 8, Appendix 3.3.
-Total sugars: Not less than 56 per cent, Appendix 5.1.3.2.
-Reducing sugars: Not less than 8 per cent,