Guggulu

Guggulu is an exudate obtained from the plant Cimmiphora mukul. Preparations having the exudate
as main effective ingredient are known as guggulu.There are five different varieties of Guggulu
describes in the texts. However two of the varieties, namely, Mahisaksa and kanaka Guggulu are
usually preferred for medicinal preparations. Mahusaksa Guggulu is dark greenish brown and kanaka
guggulu is yellowish in colour.

Process of shodhana:-
1) Sand, stone, glass etc. are first removed
2) It is then broken into small pieces.
3) It is thereafter bundled in a piece of cloth and boiled in dola yantra containing any one of the
following fluids.
a) Gomutra
b) Triphalakasaya
c) Vasapatra Kasaya
d) Vasapatra swarasa
e) Nirgundipatra svarasa with Haridra curna and
f) Dugdha
The boiling is continued till the guggulu becomes a soft mass. It is then taken out of the cloth and
spread over a smooth wooden board smeared with ghee or oil. By pressing with fingers the sand and
other remaining foreign impurities are removed. It is taken out and dried in a place free from dust.
These bits are again fried with ghee and ground in a stone morter( khalva). This is called sodhita
Guggulu.

The other method is to suspend the bundle of Guggulu in dola yantra so as to remain immersed in the
specified fluid as it is boiled.The boiling of guggulu in dola yantra is carried on until all the Guggulu
passes into the fluid through yhe cloth.
The residue in the bundle is discarded. The fluid is filtered and again boiled till it forms a mass. This
mass is dried in sunrays and then pounded with a pestle in a stone morter, adding ghee in small
quantities till it becomes waxy.

Cheracteristics:-

Shodhita Guggulu is soft, waxy and brown in col. Characteristics of preparations of Guggulu vary
depending on the other ingredients added to the preparations.
Preservation and Storage:-
It should be kept in glass or porcelain jars free from moisture and stored in a cool place. The potency
is maintained for two years when prepared with ingredients of plant origin and indefinitely when
prepared with metals and minerals.
Guggulu formulations :-

1)Kancanara guggulu

ING:- Kanchanara tvak, haritaki,amalaki, sunthi, marica, pippali, varuna, ela, tvak, patra,
guggulu.
DOSE:- 3g
ANUPANA:- mundi kvatha, khadira sara kvatha, haritaki, kvatha, hot water.
IMP THx USE:- Gulma, gandamala, apaci, arbuda, granthi, vrana, kustha, bhagandara,
slipada.
2)Kaishora Guggulu

ING:- Guggulu, haritaki, bibhitaki, amalaki, chinnaruha, sunthi, marica,pippali, krmiripu,

trivrit, danti,guduci, ghrita,
DOSE:- 3g
ANU:- mudga yusa, milk, sugandhadhijala.
IMP Thx:- mandagni, vibandha,vatasonita, pramehapidaka.
3)Gokshuradi Guggulu

ING:- gokshura, pura, trikatu, triphala,musta

DOSE:- 3g
ANU:- mustha kvatha, pasanbheda kvatha, usira kvatha.
IMP THx.:- prameha, mutakriccha, mutraghata, asmari, pradara.
4)Trayodoshang guggulu

ING:- abha (babbula), asvagandha,hapusa,guduci, satavari, gokshura, vrddhadaraka, rasna,

satavha, sati, yamani, nagara, kaushika( guggulu), sarpi.
DOSE:- 3g
ANU:- triphala kvatha, madhu, lasuna svarasa,
IMP THX:- katigraha, gridhasi, hanugraha, bahusula,
5)Triphala guggulu

ING:- triphala, pippali, guggulu.

DOSE:- 3g
ANU:- LWW
IMP THX:- sotha, bhagandar, arsa.
6)Maha Yogaraj Guggulu

ING:- Pancakola, brhsta hingu,ajamoda, sarsapa, jiraka(2), renuka, indrayava, patha,

vidanga,gaja pippali, katuka, ativisha, bharangi, vaca, murva, triphala, guggulu, vanga,
raupya, naga, loha sara, abhraka, mandura, rasa sindura.
DOSE:- 0.5- 1 g
ANU:- rasnadi kvatha, kakolyadi kvatha, aragvadadi kvatha, triphala kvatha, nimbakvatha,
madhu
IMP THx:- Gulma, udavarta, vata roga, prameha, bhagandara, vata rakta, kustha.

7)Yogaraj Guggulu:-

ING:- Citraka, Pippalimula, yamini,Krishna jiraka, vidanga, ajamoda,jiraka, cavya,

saindhava, kustha, gokshura, dhanyaka,triphala, mustaka, trikatu, usira,yavagraja, tallish
patra,guggulu, ghrita.
DOSE:- 3g.
ANU:- rasnasaptak pachana, lasuna svarasa, madhu.
IMP THX :- udara roga, amavata, adhyavata.
8)Laksha Guggulu

ING:- laksha, asthisamhrta, asvagandha, nagabala, guggulu.

DOSE:- 3g.
ANU:- LWW
IMP THx:- Asthi bhanga, asthi chyuti, asthi ruja.
9)Vyoshadi Guggulu

ING:- Trikatu, triphala, trijataka,guggulu.

DOSE:- 3g.
ANU:- LWW
IMP THx:- medoroga, kapha roga, amavata.
10)Vatari Guggulu

ING:- vatari taila,gandhaka, pura, triphala.

DOSE:- 3g
ANU:- LWW
IMP THx:- amavata, katisula, gridhrasi, khanja, vatarakta.

11)Saptavimsatika Guggulu

ING:- Trikatu, triphala, trijataka, guduci, sati, ela, pipulmula, havusa, devadaru, tumburu,
puskara mula, cavya, indrayana, haridra,daru haridra, vida, sauvarchala, yava and sarja
kshara, saindhava, gajapippali, guggulu.
DOSE:- 6g
ANU:- LWW
IMP THx:- hrtsula, kasa, svasa, parsva,sula, sotha, arsa, bhagandara.

12)Simhanada Guggulu

ING:- Triphala,sugandhika, kausika, citra taila

DOSE:- 3g
ANU:- LWW
IMP THx:- khanja, pangu, amavata, vatarakta, kustha.

13) varadi guggulu

ING:- vara, triphala, nimba, arjuna, aswattha, khadir, asana, basak, suddha guggula
DOSE:- 2g
ANU:- triphala kwatha, manjisthadi kwatha, LWW.
Imp THX:-Upadamsa, raktadosh, dusta vrana.

14) Vidangadi Guggulu

Ing:- vidanga, triphala, triushana, guggulu, sarpi
Dose:- 2g
Anu:- Triphala kvatha, shigru kvatha, madhu, ushnadaka
Imp Thx:- dusta vrana, apache, meha, kustha, nadi vrana.
 15) Saptanga Guggulu
Ing:- Guggulu, Triphala, Triushana, go ghrita
Dose:- 1-3g.
Anu;- Triphala kvatha, Phalatrikadi kvatha, Lww.
Imp Thx:- nadi vrana, dusta vrana, vrana sula, bhagandara
.
16) Amritadi guggulu
Ing:- amrita, guggulu, triphala, varshabhu, danti, chitraka mula, kana, sunthi,
guduci,tvak, vidanga, trivrit
Dose:- 250-500 mg
Imp Thx:- Amlapitta, vatarakta, kustha, arsha, agnimandya, dusta vrana, prameha,
amavata, bhagandara, nadivrana, shyathu.

17) Yogattama gutika

Ing:- Triushana, Triphala, Kshara dwaya, Lavana panchak, chitrak, tallish, chavya,
karkatshringi, nishadwaya, gaja pippali, ela, tvak, vidanga, pushkar,nag keshara,
tapyak,
( swarna makshik bhasma), yavani, musta, louha bhasma, shilajatu, guggulu.
Dose:- 1-3g
Anu:-
Imp Thx:- vata dosha, pitta dosha, kapha dosha, prameha, udara, dustanadivrana,
kustha roga, maha kshaya,swasa, kasa, hikka, hritsula,, chardi, arochaka, gulma,
pandu, grahani, arsha,arbuda, gandamala, vidradhi, bhagandara,

18) Gugguladi vati

Ing:- guggulu, lasuna, nimba bija, hingu, nagara,
Dose:- 500mg-1g
Anu:- sital jala.
Imp Thx:- arsha, vataroga.

19) Rasnadi Gutika

Ing:- Rasna, Guggulu, sarpi.
Dose:- 500mg-1g
Imp Thx:- Gridhrasi, vatarakta.