Daśamūla Harītakī

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Dashamoola Haritaki is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

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

• shopha (oedema), Arocaka (tastelessness), Gara-Udararoga (abdominal disorder due to slow/accumulated poison), Gulma (abdominal lump), Pliharoga (splenic disease), Vaivar¸ya (discoloration), Mutrakicchra (dysuria), shukradosha (vitiation of semen), shvasa (asthma), Jvara (fever), Meha (excessive flow of urine), Karsya (emaciation), Raktapitta (bleeding disorder), amlavata (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