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Haridraa Khandha consists of granular material made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.

Formulation composition

Haridr¡ API Curcuma longa Rz. 384 g
2 HaviÀ (Gogh¤ta API) Clarified butter from cow milk 288 g
3 KÀ¢ra (Godugdha API) Cow milk
4 Kha¸·a (áarkar¡ API) Sugar Syrup 2.400 kg
5 Trika¶u
a. áu¸¶h¢ API Zingiber officinale Rz. 48 g
b. Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 48 g
c. Pippal¢ API Piper longum Fr. 48 g
6 Trij¡ta
a. Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylanicum St. Bk. 48 g
b. S£kÀmail¡ API Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 48 g
c. Tvakpatra API Cinnamomum tamala Lf. 48 g
7 K¤mighna (Vi·a´ga API) Embelia ribes Fr. 48 g
8 Triv¤t¡ (Triv¤t API) Operculina turpethum Rt . 48 g
9 Triphal¡
a. Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 48 g
b. Bibh¢taka API Terminalia bellerica P. 48 g
c. Ëmalak¢ API. Emblica officinalis P. 48 g
10 Ke¿ara (N¡gake¿ara API) Mesua ferrea Stmn. 48 g
11 Must¡ API Cyperus rotundus Rt. Tr. 48 g
12 Lauha (Lauha bhasma (API)) Calcined Lauha 48 g


Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Lauha to prepare Lauha bhasma.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 5 to 11 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder and mix them all to a homogeneous mixture along with Lauha bhasma.
  • Wash, clean, dry Haridraa, powder and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder[1]

Description

  • Yellowish to brown granular material with taste and odour characteristic of turmeric along with pungency.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured glass containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Shitapitta (urticaria), Kandu (itching), Visphota (blister), Dadru (Taeniasis), Udarda (urticaria), Kotha (urticaria).

Dose

  • 6 g with milk or water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash Not more than 3 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 14 per cent
Loss on drying Not more than 6 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 3.3 to 3.7
Iron content (% w/w) Not more than 0.05 per cent
Reducing Sugars 80 to 85 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 29.