KUTAJA GHANA VATI -Benefits, Ingredients, Indications, Dosage, Usage, Preparation, Side effects, Equivalent Medicines, Research Papers

Kutaja Ghana vati is an Ayurvedic medicine used in the treatment of diseases affecting the digestive system. This tablet contains only herbal ingredients. This medicine should only take as per the direction by a physician.

BENEFITS OF KUTAJGHAN VATI

  • This medicine is mainly used in the management of diseases of the digestive system.
  • This medicine is specially administrated in diarrhoea and dysentery.
  • It is also effective in ulcerative colitis.

INDICATIONS OF KUTAJGHAN VATI

 

  • Sula – Abdominal colic
  • Atisara – diarrhoea
  • Pravahika -Dysentery
  • Grahani – sprue, malabsorption
  • Digestive problems
  • Jwara – fever

 

 

INGREDIENTS OF KUTAJA GHANA VATI

SL NO SANSKRIT NAME LATIN QUANTITY ACTION
1 KUTAJA Holarrhena antidysenterica 48 gm Relieves diarrhoea
2 ATIVISHA Aconitum heterophyllum 12 gm Beneficial effect on the digestive system

 

METHOD OF PREPARATION

The decoction of kutaja prepared at first. 48 gm of kutaja bark boiled with 768 ml of water then filtered and heated further to attain a semisolid mass. 12 gm of powdered ativisha added to the semisolid mass then grounded well and tablets are made.

DOSHA- DUSHYA PREDOMINANCE AND ROGA MARGA

 

  • Dosha – This medicine is recommended for the treatment of vata, pitta dosha imbalance.
  • Dushya- useful in diseases affecting rasa dhatu –  diarrhoea
  • Roga marga – This medicine can be administered in diseases affecting

Abhyanthara roga marga – digestive diseases, diarrhoea, dysentery

 

 

 

DOSAGE AND USAGE

1 to 2 tablets before or after food twice daily or as directed by an Ayurvedic doctor.

 

 

EXERCISES AND YOGA

Yoga and Pranayama are a set of breathing and stretching exercises respectively, widely practised in the treatment of many diseases.

 

Nadi Shuddi Pranayam    – for getting calmness to the mind provide overall health

 

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

 

              RECOMMENDED DIET AND BEHAVIOUR

 

  • Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold, more acrid, sour and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Consume easily digestible food items
  • Avoid smoking, carbonated drinks, alcohol

 

SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

 

  • This medicine should only take as per the direction of the physician.
  • Taken by children, lactating women and during pregnancy only after consulting an ayurveda doctor.
  • Improper administration and overdosage leads to side effects

 

  • Can this medicine be used while taking Allopathic medicines?

 

Seek your doctor’s advice if you are taking this medicine along with Allopathic medicines.

 

  • How long the medicine can be used?

 

Duration of medicinal administration is based on your stage of the disease. Before taking medicine consult a physician.

 

  • Is this medicine habit forming?

 

This medicine is not habit-forming. After using for a prescribed period gradually decrease the dose and eventually stop it.

 

 

                  CLASSICAL REFERENCE

  • Sidhayoga sangraha – atisara pravahika grahaniroga chikilsa

 

                     EQUIVALENT MEDICINES

  • Dadimashtaka churna
  • Kapithashtaka churna
  • Vilwadi gulika
  • Kutajarishtam

 

 

AVAILABLE BRANDS

  • Divya pharmacy
  • Baidyanath
  • Unjha pharmacy

RESEARCH PAPERS

  1. To study the effect of kutaja ghana in atisar vegavastha (acute diarrhea)

https://ijapr.in/index.php/ijapr/article/view/315

2.     Effects of Ayurvedic treatment on forty-three patients of ulcerative colitis by using kutaja Ghana vati and other ayurvedic medicies.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202252/

3.     Clinical evaluation of efficacy of kutajghan vati in the management of acharana yonivyapada w.s.r. to pruritus vulvae

http://iamj.in/posts/images/upload/878_883.pdf

 

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, United States. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Please consult your GP before the intake.

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