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Daśamūlaṣaṭpalaka Ghṛta
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Dashamoolasatpalaka Ghrta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¨ta as the basic ingredient.
Formulation composition
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash and dry the raw materials thoroughly before pulverization.
- Treat Ghrta to prepare Mūrchita Ghrta.
- Pulverize Daśamūla ingredients 1 to 10. (Kvātha dravya) to coarse powder, add specified quantity of water, keep for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth. *Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Daśamūla kvātha.[1]
Description
- A low melting Ghrta, yellowish green in color with pleasant odour and bitter and astringent taste.
Storage
- Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Agnimāndya (loss of appetite); Pāndu (anaemia); Kāsa (cough); Ajīrna (indigestion); Jvara (Fever) and Plīhāroga (Spleen disease).
Dose
- 12 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Warm milk and warm water.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.448 to 1.530 |
| Weight per ml at 400 | 0.910 g to 0.940g |
| Saponification value | 180 to 210 |
| Iodine value | 30 to 47 |
| Acid value | Not more than 3 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
| Congealing point | 220 to 170 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 69.
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