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Hiṇgvaṣṭaka Cūrṇa

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HINGAWASHTAKA CHURNA

Hingavashtaka Churna is a powder preparation containing the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below:

Formulation composition

Śu´°hī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 part
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 part
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 1 part
Ajamodā API Apium leptophyllum Fr. 1 part
Saindhava lava´a API Rock salt 1 part
Śveta jīraka API Cuminum cyminum Fr. 1 part
K¨¾´a jīraka API Carum carvi Fr. 1 part
Hi¬gu API śuddha Ferula foetida Exd. 1 part

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Roast coarsely powder Saindhava lava´a in a stainless steel pan till it become free from moisture. Prepare fine powder and pass through it sieve number 85.
  • Treat Hi¬gu to prepare śuddha Hi¬gu (Appendix 6.2.7.12). Clean and powder all other ingredients individually, pass through sieve no. 85, weigh each ingredient separately and mix thoroughly in specified ratio to obtain a homogeneous blend.
  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.[1]

Description

  • Light brown; free flowing powder with a spicy and astringent taste, odour aromatic and pleasant. 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), Śūla (pain/colic), Gulma (abdominal lump), Vātaroga (disease due to vāta dosha).

Dose

  • 3 to 6 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Ghrta.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 13.5 per cent
Total ash Not more than 23.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 4.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 14.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 34.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 6.4 to 6.6

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 48.