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Pūga Khaṇḍa

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Pooga Khanda is a granular preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Weigh the ingredients of prak¾epa dravya numbered 7 to 32 of the Formulation composition, clean dry, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Take fully mature and dry pūgaphala (areca nuts) and break it into small pieces of about 0.5 –1.0 cm in diameter, tie them in a muslin cloth to form a bundle (Pottali) and immerse into milk in a stainless steel vessel (Dolāyantra vidhi) and boil for 3 h.
  • Wash the bundle with warm water (500 to 550) and repeat washing for three times*. Dry these processed Pūgaphala in a tray-dryer at a temperature not exceeding 60degcel.
  • Grind the dried pieces and sieve through 85 mesh. Fry the powder in Gh¨ta at low temperature between 600-700
  • Crush the fresh ¡malakī, strain through a muslin cloth to obtain juice.[1]

Description

  • Light brown granules with pleasant odour and spicy, sweet, acrid and astringent taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Chardi (emesis), Śūla (pain), amlapitta (Hyperacidity), Mūrcchā (Syncope), Vandhyāroga (Infertility), Pradara (Excessive vaginal discharge), Pā´²u (Anaemia), Raktārśa (Bleeding piles), Garbhadosha (foetal anomaly), Jarā (senility), Śukrakshaya (Oligospermia), Agnim¢ndya (loss of appetite), Trsht (thirst), Daurbalya (weakness), Ajīr´a

(dyspepsia), Visarga (constipation), Mūtrasarga (obstruction in urinary tract), Yakshmā (Tuberculosis), Balya (improves strength / immunity), Varna (improve complexion) and Drshti (vision).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Essentially to be taken with Milk.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 28 .