Daśamūla Harītakī

Dashamoola Haritaki is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Da¿am£la KaÀ¡ya	Decoction of Da¿am£la Kv¡tha C£r¸a		3.072 l
(a.) Bilva API	Aegle marmelos	Rt./St. Bk.
(b.) Agnimantha API	Premna mucronata (Official substitute)	Rt./St. Bk.
(c.) áyon¡ka API	Oroxylum indicum	Rt./St. Bk.
(d.) K¡¿mar¢ (Gambh¡r¢) API	Gmelina arborea	Rt./St. Bk.
(e.) P¡¶al¡ API	Stereospermum suaveolens	Rt./St. Bk.
(f.) á¡lapar¸¢ API	Desmodium gangeticum	Pl.
(g.) P¤¿nipar¸¢ API	Uraria picta	Pl.
(h.) ávadaÆÀ¶r¡ (GokÀura) API	Tribulus terrestris	Pl.
(i.) B¤hat¢ API	Solanum indicum	Pl.
(j.) Ka¸¶ak¡r¢ API	Solanum surattense	Pl.
Jala for decoction	Water		12.288 l
reduced to			3.072 l
Pathy¡ (Har¢tak¢ API)	Terminalia chebula	Fr. P.	100 in number
Gu·a API	Jaggery		4.8 kg
Tvak API	Cinnamomum verum (=C. zeylanicum)	St. Bk.	48 g
El¡ (S£kÀmail¡ API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	48 g
Patra (Tejapatra API)	Cinnamomum tamala	Lf.	48 g
áu¸¶h¢ API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	48 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	48 g
Pippal¢ API	Piper longum	Fr.	48 g
Yava¿£kaja (YavakÀ¡ra API)	Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of	Pl.	12 g
KÀaudra (Madhu API)		Honey

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Take the powders of Dashamoola ingredients in a steel vessel, mix well to make a uniform mixture, add water and soak it overnight.
• Filter the decoction (Kashaya) through muslin cloth.
• Heat the above mixture to about 1000, till the water reduces to one fourth the volume and Haritaki becomes soft.
• Remove the bundle of Haritaki from Dashamoolaa Kashaya, separate the pulp of the boiled Haritaki and pulverize in a grinder to make a homogenous paste.

Description

• Brown semi solid, sticky paste, with spicy odour and sweet, pungent taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured containers, to protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• shopha (oedema), Arocaka (tastelessness), Gara-Udararoga (abdominal disorder due to slow/accumulated poison), Gulma (abdominal lump), Pliharoga (splenic disease), Vaivar¸ya (discoloration), Mutrakicchra (dysuria), shukradosha (vitiation of semen), shvasa (asthma), Jvara (fever), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Karsya (emaciation), Raktapitta (bleeding disorder), amlavata (rheumatism).

Dose

• 6 to 12 g twice a day.

Anupāna

• water, milk

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 2.0 per cent
Acid insoluble ash	Not more than 0.13 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 74 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 70 per cent
Reducing suga	25 to 35 per cent
Non-reducing sugar	20 to 30 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution)	3.96 to 4.08