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Ayurvedic pills, tablets, and topical preparations

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Kayasthadya varti

Kayasthadya varti (Kāyasthādya vartti, Kayasthadi varti) is a classical Ayurvedic collyrium from Caraka Samhita Cikitsasthana 10.46-47, a goat's-urine-triturated herbal wick applied inside the eyelids for apasmara, unmada, snake bite, and poisoning.

Khadiradi gutika (afi afi-kadiradigutika)

Khadiradi Gutika (खदिरादि गुटिका), also Khadiradi Vati, is an Ayurvedic polyherbal pill based on Acacia catechu, listed in AFI Part I 12:6-12:7 and India's Essential Drug List for mouth, teeth, and throat diseases, sucked twice or thrice daily.

Kutajaghana vati

Kutajaghana vati (Kuṭajaghana Vaṭī), an official Ayurvedic pill of kutaja (Holarrhena) bark decoction with ativisa (Aconitum) root powder, dosed 250–500 mg for diarrhea, grahani, and febrile dysentery.

Kutajghanaka rasayana

Kutajghanaka rasayana, or Kutajaghana vati (कुटजघनवटी), is a classical Ayurvedic tablet made from concentrated Kutaja bark extract and Ativisha root, prescribed for diarrhea, grahani, and fever.

Kuzambu

Kuzambu (kuzhambu), Elanīr kuzambu (nālikerāñjana), Ayurvedic collyrium AFI000179 applied to internal eyelids; ten ingredients including triphala fruits, Berberis aristata, licorice, honey, and coconut water; Kerala Sneha Kalpana form.

Laksa Guggulu

Laksa Guggulu (Lakshadi Guggulu, लाक्षा गुग्गुल) is an Ayurvedic polyherbal pill of laksha (lac resin) and guggulu (Commiphora wightii exudate) with Cissus, Ashwagandha, and Arjuna, indicated for fractures, dislocation, and bone pain.

Lasunadi Vati

Lasunadi Vati (Laśunādi vaṭī, Lashunadi Vati) is a garlic-based classical Ayurvedic tablet, official in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000132, 1 g dose), used for indigestion, diarrhea, and related digestive disorders.

Lavangadi Vati

Lavangadi Vati (Lavaṅgādi vaṭī) is a classical Ayurvedic clove-based pill listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000403), made with clove, black pepper, bibhitaka, khadira, and babbula, used for cough and dyspnea at a 1 g dose.

Maha Yogaraja Guggulu

Maha Yogaraja Guggulu (Mahāyogarāja guggulu) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet from the Sharngadhara Samhita, combining guggulu resin, many herbs, and calcined metals; used for vata disorders, with lead-content and CYP3A4 interaction safety concerns.

Mahagandhaka vati

Mahagandhaka vati (Mahāgandhaka vaṭī), AFI000463, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill of purified mercury, sulphur, neem leaf, clove, and nutmeg, dosed 375–750 mg for diarrhea, dysentery, and grahani; distinct from Gandhaka vati of Bhaishajyaratnavali.

Mahasankha vati (mahasamkha vati)

Mahasankha vati (Mahashankha Vati), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet from Bhaishajya Ratnavali (AFI 2:179) for grahani, piles, and weak digestion; contains Shankha Bhasma, mercury, sulfur, and purified aconite; dose 125–250 mg.

Manasamitra Vataka

Manasamitra Vataka (Manasamitra Vatakam/Vati/Gulika), classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet for anxiety, insomnia, and cognitive disorders; 73 ingredients; TGA 2025 advisory found SKM tablets contained mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium.

MANDURA VATAKA

Mandura Vataka (Maṇḍūra vaṭaka) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill of mandura bhasma (iron), swarnamakshika bhasma, and plant drugs in cow urine, used mainly for Pandu (anemia); AFI identifier AFI000258, dosage 1 g.

Maricadi vati

Maricadi vati (Maricādi Guṭikā, Marichadi Gutika) is a classical Ayurvedic black-pepper pill (Piper nigrum, Piper longum, yavakshara, pomegranate, jaggery) official in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India for cough and asthma, distinct from Maricadi churna and taila.

Marma Gutika

Marma Gutika (Marma Gulika) is a classical Ayurvedic polyherbal tablet from the Sahasrayoga, indicated for marma (vital point) disorders and trauma, containing about 35 herbal ingredients.

Mrtasanjivani Gutika

Mrtasanjivani Gutika (Mṛtasañjīvanī guṭīkā) is a classical Ayurvedic pill formulation from The Ayurvedic Formulary of India, AFI Part 1 chapter 12, dose 1 g, containing calcined horns, gall stone, and aromatic herbs.

Mukfadi mahanjana

Mukfadi Mahanjana, an Ayurvedic anjana (medicated eye collyrium) from Bhaisajyaratnavali, Netrarogadhikara 242-243, listed in The Ayurvedic Formulary of India among external eye medicines with Vartti and Netrabindu.

MUKKAMUKKATUVADI GUTIKA

Mukkamukkatuvadi Gutika (Mukkamukkatuvadi Gulika) is a Kerala Ayurvedic polyherbal tablet for fever, especially fever of gastric origin; 21 herbal ingredients plus Nirgundi, listed by CGHS and Rajasthan rules, profiled in AYUSH COVID-19 research.

Muktadi Mahanjana

Muktadi Mahanjana (मुक्तादि महदञ्जन), Great Pearl Collyrium, is an Ayurvedic anjana eye salve of pearl and coral bhasma for paittika eye disorders, sourced from Bhaisajyaratnavali and Sahasrayoga and CGHS-listed.

NAGARJUNANJANA

Nāgārjunāñjana (नागार्जुनाञ्जन) is a classical Ayurvedic collyrium named after the alchemist Nāgārjuna; AFI entry 11:2, a herbo-mineral eye salve with copper sulphate, calcined copper, and Triphala, indicated for timira and paṭala roga.

NAYANAMRTANJANA

Nayanamrtanjana (Nayanāmṛtāñjana) is a classical Ayurvedic anjana collyrium for eye diseases, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India from Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda 13, containing kajjali and herbs.

Pancamrta Lauha

Pañcāmṛta Lauha Guggulu (पञ्चामृत लौह गुग्गुलु) is an official Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill (AFI Part II, 5:1) of mercury, sulphur, silver, mica, makshika, and iron bhasmas with guggulu, used for brain disease, ligament pain, and vata disorders.

Pancamrta Lauha Guggulu

Pancamrta Lauha Guggulu (Pañcāmṛta Lauha Guggulu, पञ्चामृत लौह गुग्गुलु) is a herbo-mineral Ayurvedic pill of guggulu resin and Lauha Bhasma from Bhaishajyaratnavali, official in API Part II Vol. II, used for cervical spondylitis and Vata disorders.

Paradadi Lepa

Paradadi Lepa (Pāradādi Lepa) is a classical Ayurvedic mercury-and-sulfur topical paste from Yogaratnakara's Upadamsha Chikitsa, used externally for syphilitic lesions (upadamsha) and skin diseases such as dadru and mandala kushta.

Paricatikta guggulu

Paricatikta guggulu, commonly written Panchatikta Guggulu, is an Ayurvedic pill combining purified guggulu resin with five bitter herbs, traditionally used for skin diseases and joint disorders and studied in osteoarthritis and eczema.

Pathyadi lepa

Pathyadi lepa, an Ayurvedic topical herbal paste (lepa) whose chief ingredient is Terminalia chebula (Pathya/Haritaki) with karanja, mustard, turmeric, bakuchi, rock salt, and vidanga, mixed with cow urine and used externally for skin diseases such as psoriasis and eczema.

Plihari vatika

Plihari vatika (Plīhāri vaṭī, प्लीहारि) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill for splenomegaly and hepatomegaly, listed in API Part II Vol III and AFI (AFI000936), dosed 250–500 mg twice daily.

Prabhakara vati

Prabhakara vati (प्रभाकर वटी) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pill combining calcined mica, iron, chalcopyrite, shilajatu, and bamboo manna with arjuna bark decoction, prescribed mainly for heart disease.

Pranada Gutika

Pranada Gutika (प्राणदागुटिका), also spelled Pranda Gutika, is a classical Ayurvedic jaggery-bound herbal tablet from Bhaishajya Ratnavali, indicated mainly for Arsha (hemorrhoids) and studied in CCRAS clinical trials.

Punarnava Guggulu

Punarnava Guggulu (पुनर्नवा गुग्गुलु), an Ayurvedic Formulary of India polyherbal pill based on Commiphora wightii resin and Boerhavia diffusa, dosed up to 3 g in divided doses for Vatarakta, Gridhrasi, and Amavata; contraindicated in pregnancy.