Saptaviṁśatikta Guggulu

Saptaviṁśatika Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	1 part
Marica API	Piper nigrum[	Fr.	1 part
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	1 part
Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	1 part
Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	1 part
Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	1 part
Kuṣṭha API	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	1 part
Viḍaṅga API	Embelia ribes	Fr.	1 part
Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	1 part
Citraka API	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt	1 part
Śatī API	Hedychium spicatum	Rz.	1 part
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	1 part
Pippalīmūla API	Piper longum	Rt.	1 part
Havuṣā (Hapuṣā API)	Juniperus communis	Fr.	1 part
Suradāru (Devadāra API)	Cedrus deodara	Ht. Wd.	1 part
Tumburu (Tejovatī API)	Zanthoxylum aromaticum	Fr.	1 part
Puṣkara API	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	1 part
Cavya API	Piper chaba	St.	1 part
Viśālā (Rakta Indravāruṇī API)	Citrullus colocynthi	Rt.	1 part
Haridrā API	Curcuma longa	Rz.	1 part
Dāruharidrā API	Berberis aristata	St.	1 part
Viḍa Lavaṇa API			1 part
Sauvarcala Lavaṇa API			1 part
Yavakṣāra (Yava API)	Hordeum vulgare	Water soluble ash of Pl	. 1 part
Sarjikā Kṣāra (Svarjī Kṣāra API)			1 part
Saindhava Lavaṇa API			1 part
Gajapippalī API	Scindapsus officinalis	Fr.	1 part
Guggulu-Śuddha API	Commiphora wighti	O.R.	54 parts

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 21 and 27 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve numbered 85. Powder the ingredients numbered 22 to 26 of theformulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85. Weigh them all separately in the required quantities and mix.
• Crush weighed quantity of Śuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
• Add Ghṛta in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained

Description

• Dark brown spherical pills with spicy pleasant odour, salty, bitter and astringent taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed container. Protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Hṛcchula (angina pectoris), Kāsa (cough), Śvāsa (asthma), Pārśvasūla (inter costal neuralgia), Śotha (inflammation), Arśa (piles), Bhagandara (fistula-in-ano), Kukṣi Rujā (pelvic pain), Vaktra Rujā (pain in mouth), Guda Rujā (pain in anus), Aśmarī (calculus), Mūtrakṛcchra (dysuria), Āntravṛddhi (hernia), Kṛmi (worm infestation), Jvara (fever), Kṣaya (pthisis), Apasmāra (epilepsy), Ānāha (distension of abdomen), Unmāda (psychosis), Kuṣṭha (skin diseases), Udara (diseases of abdomen), Nāḍvṛana (sinus), Duṣṭavṛana (non-healing ulcer), Prameha (increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Ślīpada (filariasis).

Dose

• 12-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water and honey.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 13 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 17 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 4 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 25 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 35 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.5 to 5.0