Open AccessPREPARATION OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA (WILD) MIERS EX. HOOK F. & THOMS.: AN AYURVEDA FORMULATION
Author(s) -
Vijay Kumar Jatoliya,
Govind Sahay Shukla,
Rajaram Agarwal,
Manisha Goyal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international ayurvedic medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5091
DOI - 10.46607/iamj0209082021
Subject(s) - tinospora cordifolia , traditional medicine , aqueous extract , siddha , medicine
Guduchi is an important Rasayan drug in Ayurveda. It is used different dosage forms to cure diseases. Guduchi is described in our classics to cure the various types of diseases i.e., Kamala, prameha, vatrakata, etc. it is used by the patient there in a suitable form. So, the requirement of the patient and good palatable, it is converted into a suitable form by using various types of methods. In Ayurveda, five major Kalpana which are called Pancvidha Kashaya Kalpana is described first in Charak Samhita. Another minor Kalpana like vati, churna, ghana, sandhan Kalpana is derived from panchvidha kashaya Kalpana. Guduchi Ghana is an important and unique preparation of Ayurveda. It is prepared from an aqueous extract of Guduchi. It is the secondary Kalpana which is derived from the primary Kalpana kwatha. In the present study preparation of Guduchi Ghana according to classical text “Siddha Yoga Sangraha” by Acharya Yadavji Trikamji. Guduchi is a soft drug so, water has been taken for the preparation of kwatha is four-time to Guduchi Dravya. When a confirmatory test of kwatha or reduced 1⁄4, it was filtered with the help of the cloth. After filtered, it was kept on the heat for preparation of Ghana. End of the whole procedure, the dark brown and sticky nature of Ghana was obtained. It is bitter and not specific smell. It has taken 5-6 hrs to complete the process. In the initial raw material has been taken 1.5 kg and the final product is obtained about 105gm.Keywords: Guduchi, Rasayan, Prameha, Kashaya Kalpana, Kwatha. etc.