Elādya mōdaka

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Elaadya Modaka is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, clean, dry ingredients numbered 1 to 18 in formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
• Add sugar to water in a stainless steel vessel and heat, maintaining the temperature between 800 and 900
• After the sugar dissolves, filter the hot syrup through muslin cloth.
• Heat the filtered syrup until it becomes thick syrup of optimum consistency. Stop heating and allow tocool to 500

Description

• Brown soft balls; initially bitter followed by slightly sweet and pungent taste and faintly flavoured with Ela.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Agnimandya (digestive impairment), Chardi (emesis), Madatyaya (alcoholism), Madyapanaja Vikara (alcholism disorder).

Dose

• 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

• Fresh milk, Mudga Yusha

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 1.47 per cent
Acid insoluble ash	Not more than 0.19 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 74 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 40.0 per cent
Reducing suga	11 to 16 per cent
Non-reducing sugar	70 to 72 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution)	4.3 to 4.6