Pūga Khaṇḍa

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Pooga Khanda is a granular preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Weigh the ingredients of prak¾epa dravya numbered 7 to 32 of the Formulation composition, clean dry, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
• Take fully mature and dry pūgaphala (areca nuts) and break it into small pieces of about 0.5 –1.0 cm in diameter, tie them in a muslin cloth to form a bundle (Pottali) and immerse into milk in a stainless steel vessel (Dolāyantra vidhi) and boil for 3 h.
• Wash the bundle with warm water (500 to 550) and repeat washing for three times*. Dry these processed Pūgaphala in a tray-dryer at a temperature not exceeding 60degcel.
• Grind the dried pieces and sieve through 85 mesh. Fry the powder in Gh¨ta at low temperature between 600-700
• Crush the fresh ¡malakī, strain through a muslin cloth to obtain juice.

Description

• Light brown granules with pleasant odour and spicy, sweet, acrid and astringent taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Chardi (emesis), Śūla (pain), amlapitta (Hyperacidity), Mūrcchā (Syncope), Vandhyāroga (Infertility), Pradara (Excessive vaginal discharge), Pā´²u (Anaemia), Raktārśa (Bleeding piles), Garbhadosha (foetal anomaly), Jarā (senility), Śukrakshaya (Oligospermia), Agnim¢ndya (loss of appetite), Trsht (thirst), Daurbalya (weakness), Ajīr´a

(dyspepsia), Visarga (constipation), Mūtrasarga (obstruction in urinary tract), Yakshmā (Tuberculosis), Balya (improves strength / immunity), Varna (improve complexion) and Drshti (vision).

Dose

• 12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Essentially to be taken with Milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 5 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 2.40 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1.00 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 17.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 69.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	5.0 to 5.5