Saptāṅga Guggulu

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Saptanga Guggulu vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu - shuddha.
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 and 3 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.
• Crush weighed quantity of shuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Gh¤ta to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
• Expel the mass through vati machine to obtain cylindrical threads and cut the vatis to a desired weight.
• Roll the vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Gh¤ta or use suitable mechanical device.
• Dry the rounded vatis in a tray-dryer at a temperature not exceeding 600 for 10 to 12 h.
• Store vatis in containers and pack them air-tight to protect from light and moisture

Description

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

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Nadivrana (sinus), Dushtavrana (non-healing ulcer), Bhagandara (fistula-in-ano).

Dose

• 3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Triphala kvatha, Phalatrik¡di kvatha, Ushnodaka.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 2 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 24 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 38 per cent
Loss on drying	Not more than 13 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	3.3 to 3.5