Daśamūla Harītakī

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

Formulation composition

Daśamūla Kaṣāya	Decoction of Da¿am£la Kv¡tha C£r¸a		3.072 l
(a.) Bilva API	Aegle marmelos	Rt./St. Bk.
(b.) Agnimantha API	Premna mucronata (Official substitute)	Rt./St. Bk.
(c.) Śyonāka API	Oroxylum indicum	Rt./St. Bk.
(d.) Kāśmarī (Gambh¡r¢) API	Gmelina arborea	Rt./St. Bk.
(e.) Pāṭhalā API	Stereospermum suaveolens	Rt./St. Bk.
(f.) Śālaparṇī API	Desmodium gangeticum	Pl.
(g.) Pṛṣniparṇī API	Uraria picta	Pl.
(h.) Śvadaṁṣtrā (Gokṣura) API	Tribulus terrestris	Pl.
(i.) Bṛhatī API	Solanum indicum	Pl.
(j.) Kāṇṭakārī API	Solanum surattense	Pl.
Jala for decoction	Water		12.288 l
reduced to			3.072 l
Pathyā (Harītaki API)	Terminalia chebula	Fr. P.	100 in number
Guḍa API	Jaggery		4.8 kg
Tvak API	Cinnamomum verum (=C. zeylanicum)	St. Bk.	48 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	48 g
Patra (Tejapatra API)	Cinnamomum tamala	Lf.	48 g
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	48 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	48 g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	48 g
Yavaṣūkāja (Yavakṣāra API)	Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of	Pl.	12 g
Kṣaudra (Madhu API)		Honey

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Take the powders of Dashamoola ingredients in a steel vessel, mix well to make a uniform mixture, add water and soak it overnight.
• Filter the decoction (Kashaya) through muslin cloth.
• Heat the above mixture to about 1000, till the water reduces to one fourth the volume and Haritaki becomes soft.
• Remove the bundle of Haritaki from Dashamoolaa Kashaya, separate the pulp of the boiled Haritaki and pulverize in a grinder to make a homogenous paste.

Description

• Brown semi solid, sticky paste, with spicy odour and sweet, pungent taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured containers, to protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Śopha (Oedema), Arocaka (Tastelessness), Gara-Udararoga (Abdominal disorder due to slow/accumulated poison), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Plīhāroga (Splenic disease), Vaivarṇya (Discoloration), Mutrakicchra (Dysuria), shukradosha (Vitiation of semen), Śvāsa (Asthma), Jvara (Fever), Meha (Excessive flow of urine), Kārṣya (Emaciation), Raktapitta (Bleeding disorder), Āmavāta (Rheumatism).

Dose

• 6 to 12 g twice a day.

Anupāna

• water, milk

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 2.0 per cent
Acid insoluble ash	Not more than 0.13 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 74 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 70 per cent
Reducing suga	25 to 35 per cent
Non-reducing sugar	20 to 30 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution)	3.96 to 4.08