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Prabhakara Vati
Prabhakara Vati is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below
Contents
Formulation composition
| M¡kÀika (Svar¸am¡kÀika Bhasma (API)) | Calcined Chalcopyrite | – | 1 part |
| Lauha (Lauha Bhasma (API)) | Calcined Lauha | – | 1 part |
| Abhra (Abhraka Bhasma (API)) | Calcined Abhraka | – | 1 part |
| Tug¡kÀ¢r¢ (VaÆ¿alocana (API)) | Bamboo manna | S. C. | 1 part |
| áil¡jatu (API) - áuddha | 1 part | ||
| P¡rthav¡ri (Arjuna API) - Kv¡tha | Terminalia arjuna | St. Bk. | QS |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Svarna maakshika to get svarna maakshika bhasma.
- Treat Lauha to get Lauha bhasma.
- Treat Abhraka to get Abhraka bhasma.
- Treat Shilaajatu to get Shilaajatu- shuddha.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredient number 6 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvatha dravya). [1]
Description
- Reddish brown pills with a faint odour and acrid taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moistu.
Therapeutic uses
- Hrdroga (Heart disease).
Dose
- 250 mg - 500 mg per day in divided doses with water/ Arjuna kvatha/milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total Ash | Not more than 70 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 3 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 7 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 14 per cent |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 13 per cent |
| pH (1 % aqueous solution) | 7.0 to 8.5 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 123.
