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| Kau¿ika (Guggulu API-áuddha)|| Commiphora wightii|| O.R.|| 864 g | | Kau¿ika (Guggulu API-áuddha)|| Commiphora wightii|| O.R.|| 864 g | ||
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Punarnava Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Punarnav¡m£la (Raktapunarnav¡ API) | Boerhaavia diffusa | Rt. | 4.800 kg |
| Rub£kam£la (Era¸·a API) | Ricinus communis | Rt. | 4.800 kg |
| áu¸¶h¢ API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 768 g |
| Jala for decoction | Water | 32 l | |
| reduced to | 4 l | ||
| Kau¿ika (Guggulu API-áuddha) | Commiphora wightii | O.R. | 864 g |
| Era¸·a Taila API | Ricinus communis | Sd. Oil | 192 ml |
| Triv¤t API | Ipomoea turpethum | Rt. | 240 g |
| Nikumbha (Dant¢ API) | Baliospermum montanum | Rt. | 48 g |
| Gu·£c¢ API | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 96 g |
| Har¢tak¢ API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 96 g |
| Bibh¢taka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 96 g |
| Ëmalak¢ API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 96 g |
| áu¸¶h¢ API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 96 g |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 96 g |
| Pippal¢ API | Piper longum | Fr. | 96 g |
| Sindh£ttha (Saindhava API) | 96 g | ||
| Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 96 g |
| Bhall¡ta (Bhall¡taka API -áuddha) | Semicarpus anacardium | Fr. | 96 g |
| Vi·a´ga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 96 g |
| M¡kÀika Dh¡tu C£r¸a (Bhasma API) | 12 g | ||
| Punarnav¡ (Rakta-Punarnav¡ API) | Boerhaavia diffusa | Rt. | 48 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 7 to 19 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh them separately in the required quantities and mix.
- Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu-shuddha.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40. Soak the coarse powder mixture in 8 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 half of its original volume.
- Stop the boiling and filter while still warm through a muslin cloth.
- Boil the filtrate (Kvatha) in an iron vessel. Add shuddha-Guggulu to Kvatha and concentrate to Gudaapaka (semi-solid) condition.[1]
Description
- Blackish brown spherical pills with pleasant odour, salty and bitter in taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- V¡tarakta (Gout), Vrddhiroga (hydrocoel disease), Grdhrasi (sciatica), Jadgha-Íru-Prshtha-Trika Sthana and Vastigata sula (pain in urinary bladder), Amavata (rheumatism).
Dose:2-3 g daily in divided doses.
Dose
- 15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.
Anupāna
- Water.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying | Not more than 12 per cent |
| Total ash | Not more than 15 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 4 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 10 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 45 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.7 to 5.0 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 176.
