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==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"|1. Vātāri Taila (Eraṇḍa API)|| [[Ricinus communis]] ||Sd. Oil. ||1/8 Part|-|2. Gandhaka API -Śuddha ||Sulphur ||||1 Part|-|3. Guggulu API -Śuddha ||Commiphora wightii|| O.R|| 1 Part|-|4. Harītakī API ||[[Terminalia chebula]]|| P.|| 1 Part|-|5. Bibhītaka API ||[[Terminalia belerica]] ||P.|| 1 Part|-|6. Āmalakī API|| [[Emblica officianalis]]|| P. ||1 Part|}
==Method of preparation==
*Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
*Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 4 to 6 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85. Powder shuddha Śuddha Gandhaka to a fine powder and pass through sieve number 85.
*Weigh all of them separately in the required quantities and mix.
*Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu-shuddhaŚuddha, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
*Add Eranda Taila in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and pound to a semisolid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity.
*Expel the mass through Vati machine fitted with a suitable die 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 Eranda Taila or use suitable mechanical device.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Description==
*Spherical pills, greyish-black in colour with agreeable odour and bitter taste.
==Storage==
*Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.
==Therapeutic uses==
*Āmavāta (Rheumatism), Kaṭīśūla (Lower backache), Grdhṛasī (Sciatica), Khañja (Limping), Vātarakta (Gout), Paṅgu (Paraplegia), Śotha (Inflammation), Dāha (Burning sensation), Kroṣṭu śīrṣaka (Deformed knee due to chronic arthritis).
==Dose==
*15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.
==Anupāna==
*Water.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Loss on drying||Not more than 17 per cent
|-
|Total ash||Not more than 5.5 per cent
|-
|Acid-insoluble ash||Not more than 2 per cent
|-
|Alcohol-soluble extractive||Not less than 28 per cent
|-
|Water-soluble extractive||Not less than 26 per cent
|-
|pH (1% aqueous solution)||4.45 to 4.52
|}
==References==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Rheumatism]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Lower backache]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Sciatica]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Limping]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Gout]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Paraplegia]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Inflammation]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Burning sensation]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Deformed knee due to chronic arthritis]]
