title: Pharmaceutical standardization of Svarṇa vaṅga.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Kūpīpakva Rasāyana is a category of Rasauṣadhis (herbomineral medicines) prepared by unique pharmaceutical process explained in Rasaśāstra. Svarṇa Vanga (SV) is one such medicament indicated mainly in diseases such as Madhumeha (diabetes mellitus), Śvāsa (respiratory disorders), Pradara (menorrhagia), and as a Vrṣya (aphrodisiac).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to establish the standard manufacturing process for SV and analyze its organoleptic and physicochemical properties.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pharmaceutical standardization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Śodhita Vaṅga was melted and triturated with purified Pārada (mercury) to form an amalgam. The amalgam so formed was mixed with Saindhava Lavaṇa and levigated with Nimbu Svarasa (Citrus medica Var.) and washed until blackness of the mixture disappeared. On drying, śuddha Gandhaka (Sulfur) and Navasadara (Ammonium chloride) were added and ground into a fine powder. The powder thus formed was filled in the Kupī and processed in an electrical muffle furnace for 18 h. On cooling, the product formed at the bottom of the Kūpī was collected. Organoleptic and physicochemical parameters of SV were analyzed and tabulated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SV is a Talastha Kūpīpakva Rasāyana. It requires Mṛdu (<250 C) and Madhyama Agni (250-500 C) for a period of 9 h each to prepare SV with 42.9% yield and having 63.2 and 34.4% tin and sulfur, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, MGACH and RC, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Rohit Ajith
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gokarn
authors.affiliation: Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, ARAC, Sangamner, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Dhiraj Singh
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Rajput
authors.affiliation: Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, MMIA, Khanpur Kalan, Hariyana, India.
authors.forename: Pramod
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, I. P. G. T. and R. A, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
authors.lastname: Galib
authors.affiliation: Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, I. P. G. T. and R. A, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Biswajyoti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patgiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, I. P. G. T. and R. A, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Prajapati
keywords: Ayurveda; Kupipakva Rasayana; Swarna Vanga; standardization