Madhusnuhī Rasaayana

Madhusnuhī Rasaayana is a semisolid Avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	6 g
Marica API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	6 g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	6 g
Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	6 g
Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	6 g
Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	6 g
Tvak API	Cinnamomum zeylanicum	St. Bk.	6 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	6 g
Patra (Tejapatra) API	Cinnamomum zeylanicum	Lf	6 g
Jātīphala API	Myristica fragrans	Sd.	6 g
Jātīpatrā (Jātīphala API)	Myristica fragrans	Ar.	6 g
Agni (Citraka API)	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt	. 6 g
Varālā (Lavaṅga API)	Syzigium aromaticum	Fl. Bd.	6 g
Dhānyaka API	Coriandrum sativum	Fr.	6 g
Śveta jīraka API	Cuminum cyminum	Fr.	6 g
Kṛṣṇa Jīraka API	Carum carvi	Fr.	6 g
Viḍaṅga API	Embelia ribes	Fr.	6 g
Cavya API	Piper chaba	St.	6 g
Kuṣṭha API	Saussuera lappa	Rt.	6 g
Trivṛtā (Trivṛt API)	Ipomoea turpethum	Rt.	6 g
Granthika (Pippalīmūla API)	Piper longum	Rt.	6 g
Vājigandhikā (Aśvagandā API)	Withania somnifera	Rt.	6 g
Bhārṅgī API	Clerodendrum serratum	Rt.	6 g
Tejovatī-Bīja API	Zanthoxylum alatum	Sd.	6 g
Keśara (Nāgakeśara API)	Mesua ferrea	Stmn.	6 g
Śuddha Gandha (Gandhaka API)	Sulphur		192 g
Mahiṣākṣa Guggulu-Śodhita API	Commiphora wighti	O. R.	192 g
Madhusnuhī API	Smilax china	Rt. Tr.	192 g
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API)	Clarified butter from cow s milk		576 g
Sitā API	Sugar candy		576 g
Madhu API	Honey		768 g

Method of preparation

• Take raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Clean, dry the ingredients number 1 to 26 and 29 (Prakshepa Dravya) of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
• Treat Guggulu to prepare shodhita Guggulu.
• Treat Gandhaka to prepare shodhita Guggulu.
• Powder shuddha Gandhaka and pass through sieve number 120.

Description

• Solid, brown, sweet semi solid with smell characteristic of coconut.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Pramehapiḍaka (Diabetic carbuncle), Arbuda (Tumour), Gaṇḍamālā (Cervical lymphadenitis), Bhagandara (Fistula-in-ano), Guhyavraṇa (Ulcer in genitalia), Vātarakta (Gout), Kuṣṭha (Diseases of skin), Kilāsa (Vitiligo) Arṣa (Piles), Prameha (Increased frequency and turbidity of urine), Kanḍū (Itching). Used as Rasayana.

Dose

• 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

• warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 1.4 per cent
Acid insoluble ash	Not more than 0.23 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 40.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 47.5 per cent
Reducing sugar	25 to 30 per cent
Non-reducing sugar	4.78 to 5.14 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution)	4.02 to 4.17