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Punarnavaadi mandura
Punarnavaadi mandura (Tablet) is a compressed tablet preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below
Formulation composition
| Punarnav¡ (Rakta Punarnav¡ API) | Boerhavia diffusa - Punarnava | Rt. | 48 g |
| Triv¤t API | Ipomea turpethum | Rt. | 48 g |
| VyoÀa | |||
| a. áu¸¶h¢ API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g |
| b. Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 48 g |
| c. Pippal¢ API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
| Vi·a´ga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 48 g |
| D¡ru (Devad¡ru API) | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 48 g |
| Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 48 g |
| Ku˦ha API | Saussurea lappa | Rt. | 48 g |
| Haridr¡dvaya | |||
| a. Haridr¡ API | Curcuma longa | Rz. | 48 g |
| b. D¡ruharidr¡ API | Berberis aristata | St. | 48 g |
| 9 Triphal¡ | |||
| a. Har¢tak¢ API | Terminalia chebula | P | . 48 g |
| b. Ëmalak¢ API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 48 g |
| c. Bibh¢taka API | Terminalia bellirica | P. | 48 g |
| Dant¢ API | Baliospermum montanum | Rt. | 48 g |
| Cavya API | Piper chaba | St. | 48 g |
| Kali´gaka (Indrayava API) | Holarrhena antidysenterica | Sd. | 48 g |
| Pippal¢ API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
| Pippal¢m£la (Pippal¢ API) | Piper longum | St. | 48 g |
| Musta (Must¡ API) | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 48 g |
| Ma¸·£ra (Ma¸·£ra Bhasma (API)) | Calcined Ma¸·£ra | 1.920 kg | |
| Gom£tra (API) | Cow urine | 6.144 l |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat mandura to prepare mandura bhasma.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 15 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture.
- Strain Gomutra through muslin cloth.[1]
Description
- Reddish brown coloured tablet with the characteristic odour of Gomutra.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Pandu Roga (anaemia), Grahani (malabsorption syndrome), shotha (inflammation), Pliha Roga (splenic disease), Vishamajvara (intermittent fever), Arsa (haemorrhoids), Kustha (diseases of skin), Krmi (helminthiasis/worm infestation).
Dose
- 1 to 2 g per day in divided doses.
Anupana
- Buttermilk, water
Physico-chemical parameters
Disintegration time|| Not more than 20 min
Average weight|| 250 (+5) mg
| Total Ash | Not more than 60 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 28 per cent |
| Methanol-soluble extractive | 15 to17 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | 24 to 26 per cent |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 8 per cent |
| pH (1 % aqueous solution) | 6 to 7 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 135.
