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Daśamūla Harītakī
Daśamūla Harītakī is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Contents
Formulation composition
Daśamūla Kaṣāya | Decoction of Da¿am£la Kv¡tha C£r¸a | 3.072 l | |
(a.) Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | Rt./St. Bk. | |
(b.) Agnimantha API | Premna mucronata (Official substitute) | Rt./St. Bk. | |
(c.) Śyonāka API | Oroxylum indicum | Rt./St. Bk. | |
(d.) Kāśmarī (Gambh¡r¢) API | Gmelina arborea | Rt./St. Bk. | |
(e.) Pāṭhalā API | Stereospermum suaveolens | Rt./St. Bk. | |
(f.) Śālaparṇī API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | |
(g.) Pṛṣniparṇī API | Uraria picta | Pl. | |
(h.) Śvadaṁṣtrā (Gokṣura) API | Tribulus terrestris | Pl. | |
(i.) Bṛhatī API | Solanum indicum | Pl. | |
(j.) Kāṇṭakārī API | Solanum surattense | Pl. | |
Jala for decoction | Water | 12.288 l | |
reduced to | 3.072 l | ||
Pathyā (Harītaki API) | Terminalia chebula | Fr. P. | 100 in number |
Guḍa API | Jaggery | 4.8 kg | |
Tvak API | Cinnamomum verum (=C. zeylanicum) | St. Bk. | 48 g |
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 48 g |
Patra (Tejapatra API) | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 48 g |
Śuṇṭhī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g |
Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 48 g |
Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
Yavaṣūkāja (Yavakṣāra API) | Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of | Pl. | 12 g |
Kṣaudra (Madhu API) | Honey |
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.[1]
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 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 96.