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Punarnavā Guggulu

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Punarnava Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Punarnav¡m£la (Raktapunarnav¡ API) Boerhaavia diffusa Rt. 4.800 kg
Rub£kam£la (Era¸·a API) Ricinus communis Rt. 4.800 kg
áu¸¶h¢ API Zingiber officinale Rz. 768 g
Jala for decoction Water 32 l
reduced to 4 l
Kau¿ika (Guggulu API-áuddha) Commiphora wightii O.R. 864 g
Era¸·a Taila API Ricinus communis Sd. Oil 192 ml
Triv¤t API Ipomoea turpethum Rt. 240 g
Nikumbha (Dant¢ API) Baliospermum montanum Rt. 48 g
Gu·£c¢ API Tinospora cordifolia St. 96 g
Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 96 g
Bibh¢taka API Terminalia belerica P. 96 g
Ëmalak¢ API Emblica officinalis P. 96 g
áu¸¶h¢ API Zingiber officinale Rz. 96 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 96 g
Pippal¢ API Piper longum Fr. 96 g
Sindh£ttha (Saindhava API) 96 g
Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 96 g
Bhall¡ta (Bhall¡taka API -áuddha) Semicarpus anacardium Fr. 96 g
Vi·a´ga API Embelia ribes Fr. 96 g
M¡kÀika Dh¡tu C£r¸a (Bhasma API) 12 g
Punarnav¡ (Rakta-Punarnav¡ API) Boerhaavia diffusa Rt. 48 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 7 to 19 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-shuddha.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40. Soak the coarse powder mixture 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.
  • Boil the filtrate (Kvatha) in an iron vessel. Add shuddha-Guggulu to Kvatha and concentrate to Gudaapaka (semi-solid) condition.[1]

Description

  • Blackish brown spherical pills with pleasant odour, salty and bitter in taste.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • V¡tarakta (Gout), Vrddhiroga (hydrocoel disease), Grdhrasi (sciatica), Jadgha-Íru-Prshtha-Trika Sthana and Vastigata sula (pain in urinary bladder), Amavata (rheumatism).

Dose:2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Dose

  • 15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.

Anupāna

  • Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 12 per cent
Total ash Not more than 15 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 4 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 10 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 45 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 4.7 to 5.0

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 176.