Punarnavā Guggulu

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

Formulation composition

Punarnav¡m£la (Raktapunarnav¡ API) Boerhaavia diffusa Rt. 4.800 kg

Rub£kam£la (Era¸·a API) Ricinus communis Rt. 4.800 kg

áu¸¶h¢ API Zingiber officinale Rz. 768 g

Jala for decoction Water 32 l

reduced to 4 l

Kau¿ika (Guggulu API-áuddha) Commiphora wightii O.R. 864 g

Era¸·a Taila API Ricinus communis Sd. Oil 192 ml

Triv¤t API Ipomoea turpethum Rt. 240 g

Nikumbha (Dant¢ API) Baliospermum montanum Rt. 48 g

Gu·£c¢ API Tinospora cordifolia St. 96 g

Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 96 g

Bibh¢taka API Terminalia belerica P. 96 g

Ëmalak¢ API Emblica officinalis P. 96 g

áu¸¶h¢ API Zingiber officinale Rz. 96 g

Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 96 g

Pippal¢ API Piper longum Fr. 96 g

Sindh£ttha (Saindhava API) 96 g

Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 96 g

Bhall¡ta (Bhall¡taka API -áuddha) Semicarpus anacardium Fr. 96 g

Vi·a´ga API Embelia ribes Fr. 96 g

M¡kÀika Dh¡tu C£r¸a (Bhasma API) 12 g

Punarnav¡ (Rakta-Punarnav¡ API) Boerhaavia diffusa Rt. 48 g

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 7 to 19 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.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40. Soak the coarse powder mixture in 8 times of potable water for 12 h.
• Gently heat the mixture to boil and continue the boiling to reduce the volume of the mixture to half of its original volume.
• Stop the boiling and filter while still warm through a muslin cloth.
• Boil the filtrate (Kvatha) in an iron vessel. Add shuddha-Guggulu to Kvatha and concentrate to Gudaapaka (semi-solid) condition.

Description

• Blackish brown spherical pills with pleasant odour, salty and bitter in taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• V¡tarakta (Gout), Vrddhiroga (hydrocoel disease), Grdhrasi (sciatica), Jadgha-Íru-Prshtha-Trika Sthana and Vastigata sula (pain in urinary bladder), Amavata (rheumatism).

Dose:2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Dose

• 15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.

Anupāna

• Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 12 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 15 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 4 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 10 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 45 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.7 to 5.0