Gokṣurādi Guggulu

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

Formulation composition

Gokṣura API	Tribulus terrestris	Fr.	1.344 kg
Jala for decoction	Water		8.064 l
reduced to API			4.032 l
Guggulu API	Commiphora wighti	O.R.	336 g
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	48 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr	48 g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	48 g
Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P	48 g
Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	48 g
Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	48 g
Mustā API	Cyperus rotundus	Rz.	48 g

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 4 to 10 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 Śuddha.
• Wash, dry and powder the Gokṣura and pass through sieve number 40. Soak the coarse powder of
• Gokṣura 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

Description

• Spherical pills, black in colour with pleasant odour and bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

Prameha (increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Mūtrakṛcchra (dysuria), Mūtrāghata (urinary obstruction), Aśmāri (calculus), Pradara (excessive vaginal discharge), Vātarakta (gout), Vātaroga (disease due to Vata dosha), Śukra Doṣa (vitiation of semen).

Dose

• 2 - 3 g daily in divided doses

Anupāna

• Mustā Kvātha, Pāṣāṇabheda Kvātha, Uśīra Kvātha

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 15 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 5 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 22 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 29 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.42 to 4.79