Trayodaśāṅga Guggulu

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

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 1 to 12 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 Ghrta in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.

Description

• Spherical pills, blackish 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

• Katigraha (stiffness in lumbo-sacral region), Grdhrasi (sciatica), Hanugraha (lockjaw), Bahusula (pain in arm), Janustabdhata (stiffness of the knee), Asthivata (bone disease due to Vata Dosha), Majjavata (bone marrow disorder), Snayuvata (inflammation of ligaments), Hrdgraha (cardiac failure), Vata-Kapha Roga (disease due to Vata Dosha and Kapha Dosha), Yonidosha (disorders of female genital tract), Asthibhanga (bone fracture), Vidradhi (abscess), Khaujavata (limping due to vitiation of Vata).

Dose

• 2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Triphala Kvatha, Madhu, Lasuna Svarasa, Yusha, Mandoshna Jala, Milk.