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Vyāghrī Harītakī

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Vyāghrī Harītakī is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients given in the Formulation composition.

Formulation composition

Kaṇṭakārī API Solanum surattense Pl. 4.8 kg
Jala API for decoction Water 12.9 l
reduced to 3.07 l
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. (100 in No.) 1.2 kg
Guḍa API Jaggery 4.8 kg
Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 96 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 96 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 96 g
Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylanicum St. Bk. 48 g
Patra (Tvakpatra API) Cinnamomum tamala Lf. 48 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 48 g
Nāgakeśara API Mesua ferrea Stmn. 48 g
Puṣparasa (Madhu API) Honey 288 g

Method of preparation

  • Take raw material of Pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and grind ingredient number 1 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a coarse powder.
  • Clean, dry and powder the ingredients number 5 to 11(Praksepa Dravya) of the formulation
  • composition and pass through sieve number 85 to obtain a fine powder.[1]

Description

  • A blackish brown, semisolid sticky paste with bitter and astringent taste and spicy pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Kāsa (cough), Pratiśyāya (Coryza), Śvāsa (Asthma), Svaraksaya (aphasia), Pīnasa (Chronic rhinitis / Sinusitis), Rājayakshmā (Tuberculosis).

Dose

  • 5 to 15 g.

Anupāna

  • Water, Milk

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 23.0 per cent
Total ash Not more than 4.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 0.15 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 20.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 68.7 per cent
Sulphated Ash Not more than 0.41 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 36.