Citrakaadi Gutika

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Citrakaadi Gutika is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Hingu to get Hingu -shuddha..
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients number 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85).
• Roast coarsely powdered ingredients numbered 4 of the Formulation Composition in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85).
• Roast ingredient number 2 of the formulation composition in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture.

Description

• Light brown coloured pills with characteristic asafoetida odour and bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Agnimandya (digestive impairment), amadosha (products of impaired digestion and metabolism), Grahani (malabsorption syndrome).

Dose

• 500 mg - 1 g per day in divided doses with warm water/ Butter milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 51 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 2 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 8 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 56 per cent
Loss on drying	Not more than 10 per cent
pH (1 % aqueous solution)	3. 5 to 4.5