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==Method of preparation==
 
==Method of preparation==
 
*Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
 
*Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
*Take fresh Bhrngaraja, shatavari, Guduchi and Aamalaki and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain Svarasa.
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*Take fresh Bhrngaraja, shatavari, Guduchi and Aamalaki and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain [[Svarasa]].
 
*Take fresh Vasa leaves and obtain juice by Putapaka method  
 
*Take fresh Vasa leaves and obtain juice by Putapaka method  
 
*Soak the coarse Tripha powder in potable water in the specified ratio for overnight, boil it till the volume is reduced to one fourth of its original volume, cool the *Kvatha and filtered through muslin cloth.  
 
*Soak the coarse Tripha powder in potable water in the specified ratio for overnight, boil it till the volume is reduced to one fourth of its original volume, cool the *Kvatha and filtered through muslin cloth.  

Revision as of 17:15, 23 August 2018

Mahatriphalaadya Ghrta is a medicated semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Triphal¡ Rasa (Triphal¡ API) Kv¡tha 768 ml
Terminalia belerica P.
Terminalia chebula P.
Emblica officinalis P.
Bh¤´ga Rasa (Bh¤´gar¡ja API) Eclipta alba Pl. 768 ml
V¤Àa Rasa (V¡s¡ API) Adhatoda vasica Lf. 768 ml
áat¡var¢ Rasa (áat¡var¢ API) Asparagus racemosus Rt. Tr. 768 ml
Aj¡ KÀ¢ra API Goat Milk 768 ml
Gu·£c¢ Rasa (Gu·£c¢ API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 768 ml
Ëmalak¢ Rasa (Ëmalak¢ API) Emblica officinalis P. 768 ml
Ka¸¡ (Pippal¢ API) Piper longum Fr. 8.72 g
Sit¡ API Sugar candy 8.72 g
Dr¡kÀ¡ API Vitis vinifera Dr. Fr. 8.72 g
Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 8.72 g
Bibh¢taka API Terminalia belerica P. 8.72 g
Ëmalak¢ API Emblica officinalis P. 8.72 g
N¢lotpala (Utpala API) Nymphaea stellat a Fl . 8.72 g
Madhuka (YaÀ¶¢ API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 8.72 g
KÀ¢rak¡kol¢ API Fritillaria roylei Sub. Rt. 8.72 g
Mudhupar¸¢ (Gu·£c¢ API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 8.72 g
Nidigdhik¡ (Ka¸¶ak¡r¢ API) Solanum xanthocarpum Pl. 8.72 g
Gh¤ta (Gogh¤ta API) Clarified butter from Cow milk 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Take fresh Bhrngaraja, shatavari, Guduchi and Aamalaki and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain Svarasa.
  • Take fresh Vasa leaves and obtain juice by Putapaka method
  • Soak the coarse Tripha powder in potable water in the specified ratio for overnight, boil it till the volume is reduced to one fourth of its original volume, cool the *Kvatha and filtered through muslin cloth.
  • Treat Ghrta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.[1]

Description

  • A low melting Gh¤ta, greenish cream in colour, unctuous to touch, no specific odour and taste bitter.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Naktandhya (night blindness), Timira (cataract), Kaca (cataract), Nilika (mole), Patala Arbuda (growth in the layers of eyes), Netrabhishyanda (conjunctivitis), Adhimantha (glaucoma), Pakshmakopa (trichiasis/entropion), Netraroga (disease of eyes), Adrshti (blindness); Mandadrshti

(diminished vision); Netrasr¡va (chronic dacrocystitis/epiphora); Netraka¸·£ (itching in eyes); Duradrsht (hypermetropia), Samipaddrshti (myopia).

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • Warm milk, warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 1.4531 to 1.4534
Acid value Not more than 2.9
Saponification value 0.2100 to 0.2147
Peroxide value Not more than 15.8

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 144.