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Varādi Guggulu
Varaadi Guggulu vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient
Formulation composition
| Var¡ | |||
| Har¢tak¢ API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 4 g |
| Bibh¢taka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 4 g |
| Ëmalak¢ API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 4 g |
| Nimba API | Azadirachta indica | St. Bk. | 12 g |
| Arjuna AP | I Terminalia arjuna | St. Bk. | 12 g |
| A¿vattha API | Ficus religiosa | St. Bk. | 12 g |
| Khadira S¡ra (Khadira API) | Acacia catechu | Wd. extract | 12 g |
| Asana API | Pterocarpus marsupium | Ht. Wd. | 12 g |
| V¡saka (V¡s¡ API) | Adhatoda zeylanica | Rt. | 12 g |
| Guggulu API - áuddha | Commiphora wightii | O. R. | 84 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu -shuddha.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 7 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture.
- Crush weighed quantity of shuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Ghrta to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
- Expel the mass through vati machine to obtain cylindrical threads and cut the vatis to a desired weight.[1]
Description
- Spherical pills, black in colour with agreeable odour, taste bitter.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Upadasa (syphilis/soft chancre), RakatadoÀa (blood disorders), Dushtavrana (non-healing ulcer).
Dose
- 2 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Triphala kvatha, Maujishtadi kvatha, Ushnodaka
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total Ash | Not more than 12 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 4.0 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 18 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 29 per cent |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 14 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 3.7 to 3.9 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 47.
