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Elādya mōdaka

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

Formulation composition

El¡ (S£kÀmail¡) API Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 1 part
Madh£ka API Madhuca indica Fl. 1 part
Agni API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 1 part
Haridr¡ API Curcuma longa Rz. 1 part
D¡ruharidr¡ API Berberis aristata St 1 part
Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 1 part
Bibh¢taka API Terminalia belerica P. 1 part
Ëmalak¢ API Emblica officinalis P. 1 part
Rakta¿¡li (á¡li) API Oryza sativa Sd. 1 part
Ka¸¡ (Pippal¢) API Piper longum Fr. 1 part
Dr¡kÀ¡ API Vitis vinifera Dr. Fr. 1 part
Kharj£ra API Phoenix sylvestris Fr. 1 part
Tila API Sesamum indicum Sd. 1 part
Yava API Hordeum vulgare Sd. 1 part
Vid¡r¢ API Pueraria tuberosa Rt. Tr. 1 part
GokÀura B¢ja (GokÀura) API Tribulus terrestris Fr. 1 part
Triv¤t¡ (Triv¤t) API Ipomoea turpethum Rt. 1 part
áat¡var¢ API Asparagus racemosus Rt. 1 Part
Sit¡ API Sugar candy 36 part
Jala Water 12 part

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 [1]

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

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

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 105.