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Pañcatikta Guggulu Ghṛta

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Pañcatikta Guggulu Ghṛta is semisolid preparation made with the ingredients given in the Formulation Composition given below

Formulation composition

Nimbatvak (Nimba API) Azadirachta indica St. Bk. 480 g
Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 480 g
Vṛṣa (Vāsā API) Adhatoda vasica Rt. 480 g
Paṭola API Trichosanthes dioica Lf./Pl.* 480 g
Nidigdhikā (Kaṇṭkārī API) Solanum xanthocarpum Pl. 480 g
Jala for decoction API Water 12.288 l
reduced to 1.5361
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from Cow s milk 768 g
Pāṭhā API Cissampelos pareira Rt 12 g
Viḍaṅga API Embelia ribes Fr. 12 g
Suradāru (Devadāru API) Cedrus deodara Ht. Wd. 12 g
Gajopakulyā (Gajapippalī API) Scindapsus officinalis Fr 12 g
Yavakṣāra (Yava API) Hordeum vulgare Pl 12 g
Sarjikākṣāra (Svarjikṣāra API) 12 g
Nāgara (Śuṇṭhī API) Zingiber officinale Rz. 12 g
Niśā (Haridrā API) Curcuma longa Rz. 12 g
Miśi (Miśreyā API) Foeniculum vulgare Fr. 12 g
Cavya API Piper retrofractum St. 12 g
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 12 g
Tejovatī API Zanthoxylum alatum Fr. 12 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 12 g
Vatsaka (Kuṭaja API) Holarrhena antidysenterica St. Bk. 12 g
Dīpyaka (Yavānī API) Trachyspermum ammi Fr. 12 g
Agni (Citraka API) Plumbago zeylanica Rt 12 g
Rohiṇī (Kaṭukā API) Picrorrhiza kurrooa Rz./Rt. 12 g
Aruṣkara (Bhallātaka-Śuddha API) Semecarpus anacardium Fr. 12 g
Vacā API Acorus calamus Rz. 12 g
Kaṇāmūla (Pippalī API) Piper longum Rt. 12 g
Yuktā (Rāsnā API) Pluchea lanceolata Rt./Lf.* 12 g
Mañjiṣṭhā API Rubia cordifolia Rt. 12 g
Ativiṣā API Aconitum heterophyllum Rt. Tr 12 g
Vāṣā (Ativiṣā Bheda API) Aconitum palmatum Rt. 12 g
Yavānī API Trachyspermum ammi Fr. 12 g
Guggulu (Śuddha API) Commiphora wighti O.R. 240 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 40.
  • Soak the coarse powder of ingredients numbered in 4 times of potable water for 12 h. Gently heat the mixture to boil and continue the boiling to reduce the volume of the mixture to one fourth of its original volume.
  • Stop the [1]

Description

  • Dark brown, semi-solid paste, unctuous touch with pleasant and characteristic odour and slightly bitter taste.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Sandhigata vāta (Osteoarthropathy), Asthigata vāta (Vata confined to bones), Majjāgata vāta (Bone marrow related disorders), Nāḍī vraṇa (Sinus), Kuṣṭha (Disease of skin), Arbuda (Tumour), Bhagandara (Fistula in ano), Gaṇdamālā (Goiter/Cervical lymphadenitis), Guda Roga (Anorectal disease), Meha (Excessive flow of urine), Yakṣma (Tuberculosis), Aruci (Tastelessness), svāsa (Asthma), Pīnasa (Chronic rhinitis/Sinusitis), Kāsa (Cough), Śopha (Oedema), Hṛdroga (Heart disease), Pāṇḍu (Anaemia), Mada (Intoxication), Vidradhi (Abscess), Vātarakta (Gout), Ūrdhvajatrugata Roga (Disease of head and neck).

Dose

  • 6-12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Warm water and milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 17 per cent
Total ash Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1.5 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 22 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 8 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 5.3 to 5.5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 171.