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Indukānta Ghṛta - 2

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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.[1]

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

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 140.