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Dāḍimādi Ghṛta - 2

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Dāḍimādi Ghṛta - 2 is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with M£rcchita Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Dāḍima API Punica granatum Dr. Sd. 192 g
Dhānya (Dhānyaka API) Coriandrum sativam Fr. 96 g
Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 48 g
Śṛṅgavera (Sūṇṭhī API) Zingiber officinale Rz. 48 g
Pippalī API Piper nigrum Fr. 24 g
Mūrcchita Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from Cow s milk 960 g
Jala Water 3.072 l

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Ghṛta to prepare Mūrcchita Ghṛta.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 to 5 of the formulation composition powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 (Kalka Dravyas).
  • Transfer the Kalka Dravyas to the wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare homogeneous blend (Kalka).[1]

Description

  • A green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch with pleasant sweetish odour and bitter taste

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Pāṇḍu (Anaemia), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Plīharoga (Splenic disease), Hṛdroga (Heart disease), Arśa (Piles), Pariṇāma śūla (Duodenal ulcer), Garbhiṇī Roga (Diseases during pregnancy), Vāta-Kapha Roga (Disease due to Vata Dosha and Kapha Dosha), Agnimāndya (Digestive impairment), Śvāasa (Asthma), Kāsa (Cough), Mūḍhavāta (Obstructed movement of vata Dosha), Vandhyatva (Infertility), Duṇkha Prasava (Difficult labour).

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • warm Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 1.468 to 1.470
Specific gravity at 40 0.955 to 0.969
Acid value Not more than 0.33
Saponification value 236 to 242
Iodine value 70 to 90
Peroxide value Not more than 6.5
Congealing point 280

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 132.