Puṣyānuga Cūrṇa

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Pusyaanuga Churna is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Gairika to prepare Shuddha Gairika , powder and pass through sieve number 85.
• Clean, dry and powder ingredients numbered 1 to 26 individually (except 15) and pass through sieve number 85.
• Weigh separately each powdered ingredient and mix together in specified ratio.
• Pass through sieve number 44 to prepare a homogeneous blend.

Description

• Reddish brown-coloured fine powder with a pungent odour and a bitter, sweet 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

• Asrgdhara (Menorrhagia), Śvetapradara (Leucorrhoea), Rajodosha (Menstrual disorder), Arśa (Piles), Yonidosha (disorders of female genital tract).

Dose

• 6 g daily in divided dose.

Anupāna

• Milk or Tandulodaka.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 4 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 11 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 9.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 12 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 68 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	6 to 8
Total sugar	Not less than 56 per cent
Reducing sugars	Not less than 8 per cent

References

Loss on drying at 1050

Not more than 4 per cent, Appendix 2.2.10.

Total ash: Not more than 11 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3. Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 9.5 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4. Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 12 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7. Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 68 per cent, Appendix 2.2.8. pH (10% aqueous solution): 6 to 8, Appendix 3.3. Total sugars: Not less than 56 per cent, Appendix 5.1.3.2. Reducing sugars: Not less than 8 per cent,