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2. It is then broken into small pieces.
3. It is thereafter bundled in a piece of cloth and boiled in Dola [[Dolā Yantra ]] containing any one of the following fluids.
* Gomūtra,
* Triphalā kaāya,
* Vāsāpatra [[Svarasa]] and
* Dugdha.
The boiling of Guggulu in [[Dolā Yantra ]] is carried on until all the Guggulu passes into the fluid through the cloth. By pressing with fingers, much of the fluid that can pass through is taken out. The residue in the bundle is discarded. The fluid is filtered and again boiled till it forms a mass. This mass is dried and then pounded with a pestle in a stone mortar, adding ghee in small quantities till it becomes waxy.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
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