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Puṣyānuga Cūrṇa

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Pusyaanuga Churna is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Gairika to prepare Shuddha Gairika , powder and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Clean, dry and powder ingredients numbered 1 to 26 individually (except 15) and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Weigh separately each powdered ingredient and mix together in specified ratio.
  • Pass through sieve number 44 to prepare a homogeneous blend.[1]

Description

  • Reddish brown-coloured fine powder with a pungent odour and a bitter, sweet taste. The powder completely pass on through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass on through sieve number 85.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Asrgdhara (Menorrhagia), Śvetapradara (Leucorrhoea), Rajodosha (Menstrual disorder), Arśa (Piles), Yonidosha (disorders of female genital tract).

Dose

  • 6 g daily in divided dose.

Anupāna

  • Milk or Tandulodaka.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 4 per cent
Total ash Not more than 11 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 9.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 12 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 68 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 6 to 8
Total sugar Not less than 56 per cent
Reducing sugars Not less than 8 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 56.

Loss on drying at 1050

Not more than 4 per cent, Appendix 2.2.10.

Total ash: Not more than 11 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3. Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 9.5 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4. Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 12 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7. Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 68 per cent, Appendix 2.2.8. pH (10% aqueous solution): 6 to 8, Appendix 3.3. Total sugars: Not less than 56 per cent, Appendix 5.1.3.2. Reducing sugars: Not less than 8 per cent,