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Puṣyānuga Cūrṇa
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Pusyaanuga Churna is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Formulation composition
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Gairika to prepare Shuddha Gairika , powder and pass through sieve number 85.
- Clean, dry and powder ingredients numbered 1 to 26 individually (except 15) and pass through sieve number 85.
- Weigh separately each powdered ingredient and mix together in specified ratio.
- Pass through sieve number 44 to prepare a homogeneous blend.[1]
Description
- Reddish brown-coloured fine powder with a pungent odour and a bitter, sweet taste. The powder completely pass on through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass on through sieve number 85.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Asrgdhara (Menorrhagia), Śvetapradara (Leucorrhoea), Rajodosha (Menstrual disorder), Arśa (Piles), Yonidosha (disorders of female genital tract).
Dose
- 6 g daily in divided dose.
Anupāna
- Milk or Tandulodaka.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying | Not more than 4 per cent |
| Total ash | Not more than 11 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 9.5 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 12 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 68 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 6 to 8 |
| Total sugar | Not less than 56 per cent |
| Reducing sugars | Not less than 8 per cent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 56.
