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Haridrā Khaṇḍa

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

Formulation composition

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.