Varādi Guggulu

Varādi Guggulu vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient

Formulation composition

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Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	4 g
Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	4 g
Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	4 g
Nimba API	Azadirachta indica	St. Bk.	12 g
Arjuna AP	I Terminalia arjuna	St. Bk.	12 g
Aśvattha API	Ficus religiosa	St. Bk.	12 g
Khadira (Khadira API)	Acacia catechu	Wd. extract	12 g
Asana API	Pterocarpus marsupium	Ht. Wd.	12 g
Vāsaka (Vāsā API)	Adhatoda zeylanica	Rt.	12 g
Guggulu API - śuddha	Commiphora wightii	O. R.	84 g

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu -śuddha.
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 7 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture.
• Crush weighed quantity of śuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Ghṛta to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
• Expel the mass through vati machine to obtain cylindrical threads and cut the vatis to a desired weight.

Description

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

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Upadaṃśa (syphilis/soft chancre), Rakatadoṣa (blood disorders), Duṣṭavraṇa (non-healing ulcer).

Dose

• 2 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Triphalā kvātha, Mañjiṣṭhādi kvātha, Uṣṇodaka

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 12 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 4.0 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 18 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 29 per cent
Loss on drying	Not more than 14 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	3.7 to 3.9