Kukutanda twak rasa shastra

1. ACHARYA DESHBHUSHAN AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE
BEDKIHAL
SUBJECT – RASASHASHTRA AND BHAISAJYAKALPANA
GUIDED BY- DR VAISHALI H.P MAM
DR.AMOL .D SIR
TOPIC NAME – KUKKUTANDA TWAK

2. KUKKUTANDA TWAK’

3. RASA DRAVYA-- SUDHA VARGA
SANSKRIT NAME – KUKKUTANDA TWAK
ENGLISH NAME – HEN’S EGG SHELL
CHEMICAL NAME – CALCIUM CARBONATE
CHEMICAL FORMULA – CACO3

4. MARATHI NAME – ANDAJ TWAK

5. HISTORY -KUKKUTANDA (HEN‟S EGG SHELL) IS A VERY
COMMONLY KNOWN AND USED FOOD COMPONENT.
KUKKUTANDA TWAK (EGG SHELL
OF HEN) HAS BEEN USEFUL FOR THERAPEUTIC
PURPOSES IN THE FORM OF BHASMA CALLED AS
KUKKUTANDA TWAK BHASMA.
KUKKUTANDA IS A JANGAMA DRAVYA.

6. IN
EARLIEST TEXTS SHUKLA VARGA WAS THE NAME USED TO
CONTAINS CALCIUM CONTAINING DRUGS SUCH AS
SUDHA, KURMAPRISHTA,
VARATIKA, ETC. MODERN TEXTS ESPECIALLY THE BOOKS
THAT WERE WRITTEN IN THE 19THAND 20THCENTURY
HAVE USED THE TERM
SUDHA VARGA TO ADD CALCIUM CONTAINING DRUGS.

7. SYNONYMS-KUKAVUAKU TAMRACHADA,
CHARNAAYUDHA KAULUJHNA, NIYODHA, VISHKIRA,
NAKORAYUTHA TAMRUSHIKHI, DUKSHA, YAMANAADI,
SHIKHANDIKU USHAKARA ETC ARE VARIOUS SYNONYMA
MENTIONED TO THE WORD KUKKUTA IN AMARAKOSHA

8. INTRODUCTION – KUKKUTANDA TWAK’ IS THE SHELL OF
HEN’S EGG .
SINCE IT IS RICH IN CALCIUM, IT HAS BEEN INCLUDED
UNDER SUDHA VERGA
AFTER THE EGGS ARE USED IN KITCHEN AND BEKERIES ,
THE SHELL ARE USUALLY THROWN AWAY. THESE SHELLS
CAN BE USED AS SOURCE OF CALCIUM

9. CLASSIFICATION – VARIOUS MEDICATIONS OF SUDHA
VARGA, CALCIUM IS PRESENT
IN VARIOUS FORMS OF ITS SALTS E.G. CALCIUM SULPHATE
IN GODANTI, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE IN SUDHA, CALCIUM
SILICATE
IN BADARASHMA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE IN AJASTHI,
CALCIUM CARBONATE IN KUKKUTANDA TWAK, ETC. IN
MAJORITY OF THE
DRUGS, CALCIUM IS ALSO THERE IN THE FORM OF
CALCIUM CARBONATE E.G. IN SHANKH, MUKTA,
KAPARDIKA, PRAVALA,

10. COMPOSITION – KUKKUTANDA TWAK CONTAINS 5%
CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, 95% CALCIUM CARBONATE AND
SMALL AMOUNTS OF MAGNESIUMCARBONATE, PROTEINS,
ETC.

11. शोधन –THE SHELLS OF HEN’S EGG ARE SOAKED IN ANY OF
THE SOUR OR SALTY LIQUIDS (KĀÑJĪ OR SALINE WATER)
FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS. LATER THE STICKY SHEATH AT THE
INNER SIDE OF THE SHELL IS REMOVED AND DRIED UNDER
SUN. THESE DRY SHELLS ARE LATER STORED AS ‘ŚUDDHA
KUKKUTÄNDA TWAK’ FOR FURTHER PHARMACEUTICAL USE

12. मारण- THE DRY ‘SUDDHA KUKKUTÄNDA TWAK’ IS TAKEN
IN A CLEAN KHALVA YANTRA. IT IS ADDED WITH ‘CANGERI
SWARASA’ OR ‘GHRTAKUMĀRĪ SWARASA’ AND
THOR- OUGHLY TO PREPARE ‘CAKRIKĀS’ OF EVEN SIZE
AND SHAPE.

13. THE CAKRIKĀS ARE DRIED UNDER SUN, ENCLOSED IN
‘SARĀVA SAMPUTA’ AND SUBJECTED FOR ONE LAGHU
PUTA (USING 8 TO 10 DRY COW DUNG CAKES). WHEN
SELF-COOL THE WHITE COLOURED SMOOTH AND SOFT
‘KUKKUTÄNDA TWAK BHASMA’ IS COLLECTED AND
STORED IN SUITABLE CONTAINER.

15. गुणधमम- ITS USE STRENGTHENS THE BONES. IT IS USED IN
GROWING CHILDREN, LACTATING MOTHER AND OLD
AGED PERSONS WHO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CALCIUM. IT
IS ‘HRDYA’ (CARDIO- TONIC) AND IS GOOD FOR
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. IT MITIGATES VITIATED KAPHA AND
VĀTA DOSA. ITS REGULAR USE IMPROVES THE BODY
MASS, IT IS APHRODISIAC AND STRENGTHENS THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

16. IN WOMAN’S , IT IS INDICATED FOR RAKTAPRADARA ,
SWETAPRADARA AND SOMAROGA.

17. KUKKUTANDA TWAK’ BHASMA

18. DOSAGE AND ADJUVANT-
TWO TO FOUR RATTI (250 MGS TO 500 MGS) IS THE
GENERAL DOSAGE OF ‘KUKKUTÄNDA TWAK BHASMA’. IT IS
ADMINISTERED ALONG WITH HONEY, BUTTER, SUGAR,
CREAM OR ANY OTHER SUITABLE ADJUVANT.

19. अनुपान – GODUGDHA , NAVNITA , SITOPHALA
HONEY , GO-GHRUTA.

20. HISTORICAL REVIEW—
SAMHITA KALA
CHARAKA SAMHITA IN THE SUTRA STHANA,
ANNAPANAVIDHIADHYAYA THE QUALITIES OF
KUKKUTANDA MAMSA ARE EXPLAINED

21. SUSHRUTA SAMHITA
IN THE SUTRA STHANA, ANNAPANAVIDHI ADHYAYA, THERE
IS EXTRACT ABOUT THE REFERENCE OF THE WORD
KUKKUTANDAKA.
IN THE SAME CHAPTER, THE KUKKUTA IS ALSO EXPLAIN IN
DETAIL UNDER VISHKIRYA VARGA.

22. ASTANGA SANGRAHA
IN THE EXTRACTS OF KUKKUTANDA TVAK BHASMA,
UTTARA STHANA .

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