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Yogarāja Guggulu
Yogarāja Guggulu Vati is preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition, given below, with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 1 part |
| Pippalīmūla API | Piper longum | Rt. | 1 part |
| Yamānī (Yavānī API) | Trachyspermum ammi | Sd. | 1 part |
| Kāravī (Kṛṣṇa Jīraka API) | Carum carvi | Fr. | 1 part |
| Viḍaṅga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 1 part |
| Ajamodā API | Apium leptophyllum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Jīraka (Śveta Jīraka API) | Cuminum cyminum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Suradāru (Devadāru API) | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 1 part |
| Cavya API | Piper chaba | St. | 1 part |
| Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 1 part |
| Saindhava Lavaṇa API | Rock Salt | 1 part | |
| Kuṣṭha API | Saussurea lappa | Rt. | 1 part |
| Rāsnā API | Pluchea lanceolata | Rt./ Lf.* | 1 part |
| Gokṣura API | Tribulus terrestris | Fr. | 1 part |
| Dhānyaka API | Coriandrum sativum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 1 part |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 1 part |
| Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 1 part |
| Mustaka (Mustā API) | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 1 part |
| Śuṇṭhī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 1 part |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Tvak API | Cinnamomum zeylancium | St. Bk. | 1 part |
| Uśīra API | Vetiveria zizanoides | Rt. | 1 part |
| Yavāgraja (Yava) KÀ¡ra API | Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of | Pl. | 1 part |
| Tālīsa Patra API | Taxus wallichii | Lf. | 1 part |
| Patra (Tejapatra API) | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 1 part |
| Guggulu API -Śuddha | Commiphora wightii | O.R. | 27 parts |
| Sarpi (Goghṛta API) | Clarified butter From Cow's milk | 1 part |
Method of preparation
- Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 27 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, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
- Add Ghrta in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
- Expel the mass through Vati machine fitted with a suitable die and cut the Vatis to a desired weight.
- Roll the Vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Eranda Taila or use suitable mechanical device.[1]
Description
- Dark brown spherical Va¶¢ with spicy pleasant odour and astringent taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Udararoga (diseases of abdomen), amavata (rheumatism), athyavata (gout), Krmi (worm infestation), Dushtavrana (non-healing ulcer), Plihavrddhi (splenomegaly), Gulma
(abdominal lump), anaha (distension of abdomen), Arsa (piles), Agnimandya (digestive impairment), Daurbalya (weakness), Sandhigata Vata (osteoarthropathy), Majjagata Vata (bone marrow disorders).
Dose
- 2-3 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Warm water and milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying | Not more than 10 per cent |
| Total ash | Not more than 6 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 1 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 16 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 19 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.7 to 5.0 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 200.
