Pañcasama Cūrṇa

Panchasama 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
Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	1 part
K¨¾´ā (Pippalī API) Piper	longum	Fr.	1 part
Triv¨t API	Ipomoea turpethum	Rt.	1 part
Sauvarcala lava´a API	Black salt		1 part

Method of preparation

• Take the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the cleaned ingredients 1 to 4 individually in a pulverizer also powder ingredients 5 and sift separately 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.

Description

• Pale brown, smooth powder, odour pungent and taste slightly pungent with tingling sensation. 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

• Ādhmāna (flatulence with gurgling sound), Śūla (pain / colic), Āmavāta (Rheumatism), Arśa (Piles), Udara roga (diseases of abdomen), Vibandha (constipation).

Dose

• 3 to 5 g daily in divided dose.

Anupāna

• Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 10 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 22 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 3 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 20 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 35 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.5 to 4.7