Vātāri Guggulu

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

Formulation composition

1. Vātāri Taila (Eraṇḍa API)	Ricinus communis	Sd. Oil.	1/8 Part
2. Gandhaka API -Śuddha	Sulphur		1 Part
3. Guggulu API -Śuddha	Commiphora wightii	O.R	1 Part
4. Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	1 Part
5. Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	1 Part
6. Āmalakī API	Emblica officianalis	P.	1 Part

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 4 to 6 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85. Powder shuddha Gandhaka to a fine powder and pass through sieve number 85.
• Weigh all of them separately in the required quantities and mix.
• Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu-shuddha, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
• Add Eranda Taila in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and pound to a semisolid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity.
• Expel the mass through Vati machine fitted with a suitable die and cut the Vatis to a desired weight.
• Roll the Vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Eranda Taila or use suitable mechanical device.

Description

• Spherical pills, greyish-black in colour with agreeable odour and bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• amavata (rheumatism), Katisula (lower backache), Grdhrasi (sciatica), Khauja (limping), Vatarakta (gout), Pangu (paraplegia), shotha (inflammation), Daha (burning sensation), Kroshturshaka (deformed knee due to chronic arthritis).

Dose

• 15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.

Anupāna

• Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 17 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 5.5 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 2 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 28 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 26 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.45 to 4.52