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Avipattikara Cūrṇa
Avipattikara Cūrṇa is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Contents
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 bellirica | P. | 1 part |
| Āmalakī API | Phyllanthus emblica | P. | 1 part(Emblica offcinalis) |
| Mustā API | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 1 part |
| Viḍā lavana | - | - | 1 part |
| Viḍaṅga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 1 part |
| Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) | Eletteria cardamomum | Sd. | 1 part |
| Patra (Tejapatra API) | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 1 part |
| Lavaṅga API | Syzygium aromaticum | Fl. Bd. | 11 parts |
| Trivṛt API | Ipomoea turpethum | Rt. | 44 parts |
| Śarkarā API | Cane sugar | - | 66 parts |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Clean, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 7 and 9 to 13 individually in a pulverizer and pass through sieve number 85.
- Prepare fine powder of Viḍa lavana and Śarkarā separately and pass 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.[1]
Description
- Light brown, fine powder, odour characteristic of clove, with a sweet, spicy and pungent taste. 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
- Agnimāndya (Digestive impairment), Malabandha (Constipation), Amlapitta (acidity), Arśa (Piles), Mūtrabandha (Retention of urine), Prameha (Metabolic disorder).
Dose
- 10 g daily in divided doses
Anupāna
- Honey, Water, Milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total ash | Not more than 6 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 0.5 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 20 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 53 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4 to 6 |
| Total sugar | Not less than 39 per cent |
| Reducing sugars | Not less than 4 per cent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 42.
