Vyoṣādi Guggulu

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

Formulation composition

1. Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	1 Part
2. Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	1 Part
3. Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	1 Part
4. Citraka API	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt.	1 Part
5. Mustā API	Cyperus rotundus	Rz.	1 Part
6. Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	1 Part
7. Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	1 Part
8. Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	1 Part
9. Viḍaṅga API	Embelia ribes	Fr.	1 Part
10. Guggulu- API Śuddha	Commiphora wightii	O.R.	9 Parts

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 9 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh 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 oil to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semisolid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
• Expel the mass through Vati machine fitted with a suitable die and cut the Vatis to a desired weight.

Description

• Spherical pills, black in colour with pleasant odour and bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Medoroga (obesity); Kapha Roga (disease due to Kapha DoÀa); Ëmav¡ta (rheumatism),

Dose

• 2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 15 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 11 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 3 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 21 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 24 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.57 to 4.69