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Saptāṅga Guggulu

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Saptāṅga Guggulu vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient

Formulation composition

Guggulu API - Śuddha Commiphora wighti O. R. 6 g
Triphalā
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 1 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia belerica P. 1 g
Āmalakī API Emblica officinalis P. 1 g
Vyoṣa
Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr . 1 g
Ājya (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from cow milk QS


Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Guggulu to prepare Guggulu - Śuddha.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 and 3 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.
  • Crush weighed quantity of Śuddha-Guggulu, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well. Add Ghṛta to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
  • Expel the mass through vati machine to obtain cylindrical threads and cut the vatis to a desired weight.
  • Roll the vatis on flat surface to round them by circular motion of palm covered with a glove and smeared with Gh¤ta or use suitable mechanical device.
  • Dry the rounded vatis in a tray-dryer at a temperature not exceeding 600 for 10 to 12 h.
  • Store vatis in containers and pack them air-tight to protect from light and moisture[1]

Description

  • Spherical pills, black in colour with agreeable odour and bitter taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Nāḍīvraṇa (sinus), Duṣṭavraṇa (non-healing ulcer), Bhagandara (fistula-in-ano).

Dose

  • 3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Triphala kvatha, Phalatrik¡di kvatha, Ushnodaka.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash Not more than 6 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 2 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 24 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 38 per cent
Loss on drying Not more than 13 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 3.3 to 3.5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 44.