Siṁhanāda Guggulu

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

Formulation composition

1. Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	48 g
2. Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	48 g
3. Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	48 g
4. Jala for decoction	Water		576 ml
reduced to			144 ml
5. Gandhaka-Śuddha API	Sulphur		48 g
6. Guggulu-Śuddha API	Commiphora wightii	O.R.	48 g
7. Citra (Eraṇḍa API)	Taila Ricinus communis	Sd. Oil	30 g

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40.
• Soak the coarse powder of ingredients numbered 1 to 3 in 4 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 one fourth of its original volume.
• Stop the boiling and filter while still warm through a muslin cloth. Powder the Gandhaka Śuddha and pass through sieve number 120

Description

• Spherical pills, brownish-black to black in colour with agreeable odour and bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Khañja (limping), Pāṇḍu (anaemia), amavata (rheumatism), Vatarakta (gout), Kushtha (diseases of skin), Vata Roga (disease due to Vata Dosha /neurological disease), Kapha Roga (disease due to Kapha Dosha), Pitta Roga (disease due to Pitta Dosha), Padgu (paraplegia), shvsa (dyspnoea/asthma), Kasa (cough), Gulma (abdominal lump), sula (pain), Udara (diseases of abdomen), Jara (senility/progeriasis), Palita (graying of hair), Agnimandya (digestive impairment).

Dose

• 2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 12 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 7 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 3.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 31 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 23 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.87 to 5.33