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Vyoṣādi Guggulu

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Vyoṣādi Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient

Formulation composition

1. Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 Part
2. Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 Part
3. Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 1 Part
4. Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 1 Part
5. Mustā API Cyperus rotundus Rz. 1 Part
6. Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 1 Part
7. Bibhītaka API Terminalia belerica P. 1 Part
8. Āmalakī API Emblica officinalis P. 1 Part
9. Viḍaṅga API Embelia ribes Fr. 1 Part
10. Guggulu- API Śuddha Commiphora wightii O.R. 9 Parts

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 9 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh them separately in the required quantities and mix.
  • Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu-Śuddha, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
  • Add Eraṇḍa oil to an extent required to facilitate the pounding and continue pounding till a semisolid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.
  • Expel the mass through Vati machine fitted with a suitable die and cut the Vatis to a desired weight.[1]

Description

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

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Medoroga (Obesity); Kapha Roga (Disease due to Kapha Dosha); Āmavāta (Rheumatism),

Dose

  • 2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 15 per cent
Total ash Not more than 11 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 3 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 21 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 24 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 4.57 to 4.69

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 195.