Information about Ashwagandhadi Churna (Ref:Yogaratnakara) Indication, Dose, Side effects, Ingredients, Method of preparation, Ayurvedic properties & Manufacturers.

Ashwagandhadi churna is a powder of 21 herbal ingredients along with sugar.

Indication: Used in the management of Tridosh kshaya along with different adjuvent, general debility, decreased appetite, indigestion and obesity.

Dose :  ½  to 1 teaspoon, two or three times daily before or after food as directed by physician.

Adjuvent( Anupana): In vatakshaya along with warm water, in Pittashosha along with ghee, in kaphakshaya along with honey, in meha along with butter and in pittaja brahma along with milk.

Side effects: May induce mild gastric irritation in higher dose, Used with caution in Diabetic patients as it contain sugar.

Ingredients:

SI No Sanskrit name Botanical Name Quantity
1 Ashwagandha Withania somnifera 480 g
2 Nagara Zingiber officinalis 240 g
3 Kana(Pippali) Piper longum 120 g
4 Maricha Piper nigrum 60 g
5 Twak Cinnamomum zeylanicum 12 g
6 Ela Elettaria cardamomum 12 g
7 Patra Cinnamomum tamala 12 g
8 Nagakesara Mesua ferrea 12 g
9 Varala(Lavanga) Syzigium aromaticum 12 g
10 Bharangi Clerodendron serratum 12 g
11 Talisapatra Abies webbiana 12 g
12 Kachora Curcuma zeodaria 12 g
13 Ajaji(Swetha jeeraka) Cuminum cyminum 12 g
14 Kaidarya Murraya koenigii 12 g
15 Mamsi(Jatamamsi) Nardostachys jatamansi 12 g
16 Kankola Piper cubeba 12 g
17 Musta Cyperus rotundus 12 g
18 Rasna Pluchea lanceolata 12 g
19 Katurohini Picrorrhiza kurroa 12 g
20 Jivanti Leptadenia reticulate 12 g
21 Kushta Saussurea lappa 12 g
22 Sharkara Suger 1,100 kg

Preparation: The above ingredients are powdered separately and mixed together in specified quantity.

Method  of Storage: Stored in airtight container in dry place.

Shelf life period: Around 6 month.

Reference : Yogaratnakara, Rajayakshmachikitsa 1-6

Ayurvedic properties of Ashwagandhadi Churna (Ref:Yogaratnakara):

Roga karma: Vatakshaya, pittashosha, kaphakshaya, shirobrahma, meha, kshataksheena, medohara, kukshishoola and udara.

Dosha karma: Tridoshahara.

Agni karma: Deepana.

Other karma: Bhalya, brahmana.

Manufacturers: Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt. Ltd, Sandu Pharmaceuticals Ltd.