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Gokṣurādi Guggulu
Gokṣurādi Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Gokṣura API | Tribulus terrestris | Fr. | 1.344 kg |
| Jala for decoction | Water | 8.064 l | |
| reduced to API | 4.032 l | ||
| Guggulu API | Commiphora wighti | O.R. | 336 g |
| Śuṇṭhī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr | 48 g |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P | 48 g |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 48 g |
| Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 48 g |
| Mustā API | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 48 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 4 to 10 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh them separately in the required quantities and mix.
- Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu Śuddha.
- Wash, dry and powder the Gokṣura and pass through sieve number 40. Soak the coarse powder of
- Gokṣura in 8 times of potable water for 12 h. Gently heat the mixture to boil and continue the boiling to reduce the volume of the mixture to half of its original volume.
- Stop the boiling and filter while still warm through a muslin cloth[1]
Description
- Spherical pills, black in colour with pleasant odour and bitter taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
Prameha ([[:Category:Increased frequency and turbidity of urine|increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Mūtrakṛcchra (dysuria), Mūtrāghata (urinary obstruction), Aśmāri (calculus), Pradara (excessive vaginal discharge), Vātarakta (gout), Vātaroga (disease due to Vata dosha), Śukra Doṣa (vitiation of semen).
Dose
- 2 - 3 g daily in divided doses
Anupāna
- Mustā Kvātha, Pāṣāṇabheda Kvātha, Uśīra Kvātha
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying | Not more than 15 per cent |
| Total ash | Not more than 5 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 1 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 22 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 29 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.42 to 4.79 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 157.
