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Avipattikara Cūrṇa
Avipattikara Churna is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Śu´°hī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 1 part |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 1 part |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 1 part |
| Bibhītaka API | Terminalia bellirica | P. | 1 part |
| Āmalakī API | Phyllanthus emblica | P. | 1 part(Emblica offcinalis) |
| Mustā API | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 1 part |
| Vi²ā lavana | - | - | 1 part |
| Vi²a¬ga API | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 1 part |
| Elā (Sūk¾mailā API) | Eletteria cardamomum | Sd. | 1 part |
| Patra (Tejapatra API) | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 1 part |
| Lava¬ga API S | yzygium aromaticum | Fl. Bd. | 11 parts |
| Triv¨t API | Ipomoea turpethum | Rt. | 44 parts |
| Śarkarā API | Cane sugar | - | 66 parts |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Clean, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 7 and 9 to 13 individually in a pulverizer and pass through sieve number 85.
- Prepare fine powder of Vi²a lavana and Śarkarā separately and pass through sieve number 85. Weigh separately each powdered ingredient, mix together in specified ratio and pass through sieve number 44 to obtain a homogeneous blend.
- Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.[1]
Description
- Light brown, fine powder, odour characteristic of clove, with a sweet, spicy and pungent taste. The powder completely pass on through sieve number 44 and not less than 50 per cent pass on through sieve number 85.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Agnimāndya (digestive impairment), Malabandha (constipation), Amlapitta (Hyperacidity), Arśa (Piles), Mūtrabandha (retention of urine), Prameha (metabolic disorder).
Dose
- 10 g daily in divided doses
Anupāna
- Honey, Water, Milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total ash | Not more than 6 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 0.5 per cent |
| Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 20 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 53 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4 to 6 |
| Total sugar | Not less than 39 per cent |
| Reducing sugars | Not less than 4 per cent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 42.
