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Kaiśora Guggulu
Kaiśora Guggulu is a vaṭī preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.
Formulation composition
| Guggulu API- (Śuddha) | Commiphora wighti | Exd. | 768 g |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 256 g |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia bellirica | P. | 256 g |
| Āmalakī API | Phyllanthus emblica (Emblica officinalis) | P. | 256 g |
| Chinnaruhā (Guḍūcī API) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 1.54 kg |
| Jala API for decoction | Water | 12.29 1 | |
| reduced to | 6.14 1 | ||
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 8 g |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia bellirica | P. | 8 g |
| Āmalakī API | Phyllanthus emblica | P. | 8 g |
| Śuṇṭhī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 24 g |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 24 g |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 24 g |
| Kṛmiripu (Viḍaṅga API ) | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 24 g |
| Trivṛt API | Operculina turpethum | Rt. | 12 g |
| Dantī API | Baliospermum montanum | Rt. | 12 g |
| Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API ) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 48 g |
| Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) | Clarified butter from cow’s milk | 384 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 7 to 16 of the formulation compostion to a fine
- powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
- Soak the coarse powder of ingredients 2 to 5 in potable water in the specified ratio for 1 hr, boil it till the volume is reduced to half of its original volume. Cool the kashaaya and filter through a muslin cloth[1]
Description
- Spherical pills, dark brown in color with pleasant odour, taste astringent and sweetish.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Mandāgni (Dyspepsia), Vibandha (constipation), Vātaśnita (Gout), Pramehapidīkā (Diabetic carbuncle), Vrana (Ulcer), Kāsa (cough), Kuṣṭha (diseases of skin), Gulma (abdominal lump), Śvayathu (oedema), Pāndu (anaemia), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Jarādosha (geriatric disorder).
Dose
- 3 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Mudga Yūsha, Milk, Sugandhijala.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying | Not more than 13.0 per cent |
| Total ash | Not more than 9.0 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 2.0 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 40.0 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 34.0 |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.0 to 4.5 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 95.
