Indukānta Ghṛta - 2

Indukānta Ghṛta - 2 is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below, with Mūrcchita Ghṛta as the main basic ingredient

Formulation composition

Pūtīka (Cirabilva API)	Holoptelea integrifolia	St. Bk.	256 g
Dāru (Devadāru API)	Cedrus deodara	Ht. Wd.	256 g
Bilva API	Aegle marmelos	St. Bk.	25.6 g
Agnimantha API	Premna integrifolia	St. Bk.	25.6 g
Śyonāka API	Oroxylum indicum	St. Bk.	25.6 g
Gambhārī API	Gmelina arborea	St. Bk.	25.6 g
Pāṭalā API	Stereospermum suveolance	St. Bk.	25.6 g
Śālaparṇī API	Desmodium gangeticum	Pl.	25.6 g
Pṛṣniparṇī API	Uraria picta	Pl	. 25.6 g
Bṛhatī API	Solanum indicum	Pl	25.6 g
Kaṇṭakārī API	Solanum xanthocarpum	Pl.	25.6 g
Gokṣura API	Tribulus terrestris	Pl.	25.6 g
Jala for decoction	Water		12.288 l
reduced to			3.072 l
Kṣīra (GoKṣīra API)	Cow milk		768 ml
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API)	Clarified butter from Cow s milk		768 g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	48 g
Pippalīmula (pippalī) (Pippalī API)	Piper longum	Rt.	48 g
Cavya API	Piper chaba	St.	48 g
Citraka API	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt.	48 g
Śuṇṭhi API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	48 g
Yavakṣāra (Yava API)	Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of	Pl.	48 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Ghṛta to prepare Mūrcchita Ghṛta.
• Wash, clean and dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 12 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 44 (Kvātha Dravya).
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 16 to 21 of the formulation composition powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 (Kalka Dravyas).
• Add water for decoction to the Kvatha Dravya and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth.
• Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Kvatha.

Description

• A green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch, slightly pungent odour and slightly bitter taste

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Śula (Pain/Colic), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Udara (Disease of abdomen), Viṣamajvara (Intermittent fever), Vāta Roga (Disease due to vata dosha), Kṣaya (Pthisis), Daurbalya (Weakness).

Dose

• 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

• Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40	1.468 to 1.473
Specific gravity at 40	0.952 to 0.962
Acid value	Not more than 1.44
Saponification value	229 to 231
Iodine value	69 to 70
Peroxide value	85 to 92
Congealing point	280 to 180