Nārasiṁha cūrṇa

Nārasiṁha cūrṇa is an electuary prepared with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Śatāvarī raja (Śatāvarī API)	Asparagus racemosus	Rt. Tr.	768 g
Gokṣura API	Tribulus terrestris	Fr.	768 g
Vārāhī API	Dioscorea bulbifera	Rz.	960 g
Guḍūcī API	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	1.200 kg
Bhallātaka API (Śuddha)	Semecarpus anacardium	Fr	. 1.536 kg
Citraka API	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt.	480 g
Tila API	Sesamum indicum	Sd	. 768 g
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	128 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr	. 128 g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	128 g
Śarkarā API	Cane sugar		3.360 kg
Mākṣika (Madhu API)	Honey		1.680 kg
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API)	Clarified butter from cow s milk		840 g
Vidārīkanda Raja (Vidārī API)	Pueraria tuberose	Rt. Tr.	768 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Bhallataka to prepare Bhallataka shuddha.
• Wash and dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 4, 6 to 10 and 14, powder individually in a pulverizer.
• The powders should completely pass through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent through sievenumber 85.
• Weigh separately each ingredient, mix together and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a homogenous blend.
• Add Madhu and Ghrta to the mixture and mix thoroughly till it spreads evenly to give a moist granular powder.
• Store the Churna in a ceramic jar smeared with ghee in its inner surface.

Description

• Brown-coloured, moist, granular powder, slightly pungent to taste with the characteristic smell of Bhallataka

Storage

• Store the Curna in a ceramic jar smeared with ghee on its inner surface and protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Kāsa (Cough), Kṣaya (Pthisis), Śukra Kṣaya (Deficiency of semen), Jarā (Senility), Rujā (Pain), Valī (Wrinkles in the skin), Palita (Graying of hair), Khālitya (Alopecia), Meha (Excessive flow of urine), Pāṇḍu (Anaemia), Ādhyāvāta (Gout), Pīnasa (Chronic rhinitis), Kuṣṭha (Diseases of skin), Udara (Disease of abdomen), Bhagandara (Fistula-in-ano), Mūtrakṛcchra (Dysuria), Gṛdhrasī (Sciatica), Halīmaka (Chronic obstructive jaundice), Vātavikāra (Discorder due to vata dosha), Pittavikāra (Disorder of pitta dosha), Arśa (Piles), Ślesmavikāra (Disorder due to kapha dosha).

Dose

• 2-5 g in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Milk, Ghee, Honey.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying at 105 degree	Not more than 9 per cent
Total Ash	Not more than 4.0 per cent
Acid insoluble ash	Not more than 1.2 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 28 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 34 per cent
Reducing suga	Not less than 5 per cent
Total sugar	Not less than 5 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution)	3.96 to 4.08