Traditional Manufacturing Procedure of Guduchi Satwa; Sedimental Water Insoluble Starchy Extract of Tinospora cordifolia willd. Miers & its Process Validation

Sujit Dalai*

Professor, Department of Rasashastra & Bhaisajya Kalpana, Dr Vijay Ayurved Medical College Hospital & Research Center, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Abstract:The sedimental starchy aqueous extract of Tinospora cordifolia Willd. Miers known as Guduchi satwa or Amrita sarkara etc in Sanskrit language or Giloe satwa in Hindi. It has been abundantly used in Ayurvedic practices as a versatile medicine. Three batches of Guduchi satwa were prepared in accordance to the traditional reference and the SOP was maintained throughout the process. Total preparation procedure was carried out through 5 steps such as Kuttana (pounding), Nimajana (dipping/soaking), Manthana (churning or rubbing), Nistarana (decantation) & Sosana (drying). Findings of the manufacturing procedure & observations were systematically recorded and compared with the verse of ancient literatures. Collection time & size of the stem, colour of satwa, total preparation time and total water used etc are vividly discussed. To maintain the quality control further subjected to analysis for organoleptic characters and physical constants. After gathering the data the manufacturing process was validated by taking its average.


Keywords: Guduchi satwa, Tinospora cordifolia, Manufacturing process, Validation.

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