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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
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(Prak¾epa 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
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 36.
