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CHEMISTRY OF GULIKA/ TABLETS YOGA.
As in the modern medicines, the use of tablets or gulika is common in the
ayurveda from time immemorial. Generally the spherical tablets were prepared
by hand in olden days. However now a days the ayurveic tablets resemble
the modern medical tablets in size, shape and packing.
The starting material is almost similar to the choorna preparation. The
choorna is mixed with a liquid or ghee/honey/lemon juice/boiled
water/jaggery paste/salt/etc, and then converted into gulika by hand or by
machine.
All the parameters advocated for the choorna preparation can be followed
for the production of gulika too unless otherwise specified. The raw drugs
should be clean, <strong>free</strong> from microorganism, deleterious materials, sufficiently
coarse or fine after grinding and sieving. Generally the gulika will have very
small size having diameter ranging from few millimeter to one or one
centimeter and a half . The gulika can be consumed directly with water or
after grinding and mixing with water.
THE COMMONLY USED GULIKA MENTIONED IN SAHASRA YOGA
1. Sooryaprabha gulika
2. Neelimoolaadi gulika
3. Mrudvikaadi gulika
4. Jwraankusam gulika
5. Ramabaanam of various types
6. Vaayugulika
7. Sethubandham gulika
8. Jaatikyaadi gulika
9. Paandivinu gulika
10. Nirooryaadi gulika
11. Vilwadi gulika
12. Kotaasarigulika
13. Kasturi bhooshanam gulika
14. Bhoopati gulika
15. Ananda bhairavam gulika
16. Naagaarjunam gulika
17. Neervaalasuddhi gulika
18. Mareechaadi gulika
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