Vyāghrī Harītakī

Vyāghrī Harītakī is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients given in the Formulation composition.

Formulation composition

Kaṇṭakārī API	Solanum surattense	Pl.	4.8 kg
Jala API for decoction	Water		12.9 l
reduced to			3.07 l
Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	(100 in No.) 1.2 kg
Guḍa API	Jaggery		4.8 kg
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	96 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	96 g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	96 g
Tvak API	Cinnamomum zeylanicum	St. Bk.	48 g
Patra (Tvakpatra API)	Cinnamomum tamala	Lf.	48 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	48 g
Nāgakeśara API	Mesua ferrea	Stmn.	48 g
Puṣparasa (Madhu API)	Honey		288 g

Method of preparation

• Take raw material of Pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and grind ingredient number 1 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a coarse powder.
• Clean, dry and powder the ingredients number 5 to 11(Praksepa Dravya) of the formulation
• composition and pass through sieve number 85 to obtain a fine powder.

Description

• A blackish brown, semisolid sticky paste with bitter and astringent taste and spicy pleasant odour.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Kāsa (Cough), Pratiśyāya (Coryza), Śvāsa (Asthma), Svaraksaya (Aphasia), Pīnasa (Chronic rhinitis / Sinusitis), Rājayakshmā (Tuberculosis).

Dose

• 5 to 15 g.

Anupāna

• Water, Milk

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 23.0 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 4.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 0.15 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 20.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 68.7 per cent
Sulphated Ash	Not more than 0.41 per cent