General Specification of Guggulu and Hingu -- Ayurvedic herbs -- according to The Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia of India

1.    Guggulu: (Commiphora wightii)

    

    Guggulu consists of exudates of commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhand, a small perennial tree or shrub upto 1.2-1.8 m high. Exudate is collected during winter season by making the incisions in the bark or in summer, falling from the bark itself.

Identification: Drug occurs in vermicular pieces of pale-yellow or brown coloured mass, makes milky emulsion in hot water and readily burns, when fresh viscid and golden coloured,

Odour: Aromatic

Taste: Bitter and astringent.

Important Formulations: Vatari Guggulu, Yogaraja Guggulu, Simhanada Guggulu, Kaisora Guggulu, Mahayogaraja Guggulu, Chandraprabha Vati.

Therapeutic Uses: Amavata, Kustha, Prameha, Vatavyadi, Granthi, Sopha, Gandamala, Medoroga.

Dose: 2-4 gm of the drug.

2.    Hingu: (Asafoetida)

     Hingu consists of oleo-gum-resin obtained from rhizomes and roots of ferula foetida regel. A perennial herb, occurring in Persia and Afghanistan, resin collected after making incisions at upper part of tap root of more than five year old plants by scrapping in March, April, just before flowering, whole process repeated many times, after a few weeks when it gets hardened.

Identification: Rounded, flattened or masses of agglutinated tears, grayish-white to dull yellow, 12-25 mm in diameter, freshly exposed surface, yellowish and translucent or milky white, opaque, slowly becoming pink, red, finally reddish brown

Odour: Strong, characteristic and persistent

Taste: Bitter and acrid.

·       Freshly broken surface when touched with sulphuric acid,  a bright red or reddish-brown colour is produced, changing to violet when acid washed off with water.

·       Boil 0.2 gm with 2 ml Hydrochloric acid for about 1 minute, cool, dilute with an equal volume of water, and filter into 3 ml of dilute solution of Ammonia, Fluorescence is produced.

Important Formulations: Hingvastaka Churna, Hingvadi Curna, Hinguvacadu Churna.

Therapeutic Uses: Sularoga, Adhmana, Gulma, Hrdroga, Krmiroga, Hdararoga, Agnimandya, Anaha.

Dose: 125-500 mg of drug.


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