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Viḍaṅgādi Guggulu
Viḍaṅgādi Guggulu vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.
Formulation composition
| Viḍaṅga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 60 g |
| Triphalā | |||
| a. Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 20 g |
| b. Bibhītaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 20 g |
| c. Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 20 g |
| Vyoṣa | |||
| a. Śuṇṭhī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 20 g |
| b. Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 20 g |
| c. Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 20 g |
| Guggulu API - Śuddha | Commiphora wighti | O. R. | 180 g |
| Sarpi (Goghṛta API) | Clarified butter from cow milk | – | QS |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu - Śuddha.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture.
- Crush weighed quantity of Śuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Ghṛta to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
- Expel the mass through vati machine to obtain cylindrical threads and cut the vatis to a desired weight.
- Roll the vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Ghṛta or use suitable mechanical device.[1]
Description
- Spherical pills, black in colour with agreeable odour, bitter taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Duṣṭa vraṇa (non-healing ulcer), Apacī (chronic lymphadenopathy/scrofula), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Kuṣṭha (diseases of skin), Nāḍīvraṇa (sinus).
Dose
- 12 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Triphalā kvātha, shigru kvātha, Madhu, Usṇodaka
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total Ash | Not more than 6 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 2 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 23 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 30 per cent |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 13 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 3.3 to 3.5 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 50.
