Chitrakadi Vati with its indication, ingredients and usage

Chitrakadi Vati with its indication, ingredients and usage

Effect on Tridosha – balances Vata and kapha. Improves Pitta.



Chitrakadi Gutika dosage:   1 – 2 tablets 1 – 2 times a day



Ingredients:-



Chitraka – Lead Wort (root) – Plumbago zeylanica

Pippalimoola – Long pepper root – Piper longum

Yava Kshara – Kshara of Barley – Hordeum vulgare

Swarjika Kshara

Sauvarchala Lavana – Sochal salt

Saindhava Lavana – Rock salt

Vida Lavana – Vida salt

Samudra Lavana – Common salt,

Audbhida Lavana

Shunti – Ginger Rhizome – Zingiber officinalis

Maricha – Black pepper – Piper nigrum

Pippali – Long pepper fruit – Piper longum

Hingu – Asa foetida

Ajamoda – Ajowan (fruit) – Trachyspermum roxburghianum

Chavya – Java Long Pepper – Piper chaba

Matulunga Swarasa – Lemon juice OR Dadima rasa – Pomegranate juice – Quantity Sufficient.

The fine powder of above ingredient is triturated with lemon juice or pomegranate juice and a paste is prepared. This is rolled into tablet form


THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS





Loss of appetite

Constipation (with sticky stool and mucus discharge in the stool)

Gas or Flatulence

Bloating

Abdominal Distension

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Weight loss (Obesity)



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Charaka Samhita Chikitsa Sthana 15/96-97


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