Mahātriphalādya ghṛta

Mahā Triphalādya ghṛta is a medicated semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with Ghṛta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Triphalā Rasa (Triphalā API)	Terminalia belerica	P.	768 ml
Kvātha	Terminalia chebula	P.
NIl	Emblica officinalis	P.
Bhṛṅga Rasa (Bhṛṅgarāja API)	Eclipta alba	Pl.	768 ml
Vṛṣa Rasa (Vāsā API)	Adhatoda vasica	Lf.	768 ml
Śatāvarī Rasa (Śatāvarī API)	Asparagus racemosus	Rt. Tr.	768 ml
Ajā kṣīra API	Goat Milk		768 ml
Guḍūcī Rasa (Guḍūcī API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	768 ml
Āmalakī Rasa (Āmalakī API)	Emblica officinalis	P.	768 ml
Kaṇā (Pippalī API)	Piper longum	Fr.	8.72 g
Sitā API	Sugar candy		8.72 g
Drākṣā API	Vitis vinifera	Dr. Fr.	8.72 g
Harītakī API	Terminalia chebula	P.	8.72 g
Bibhītaka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	8.72 g
Āmalakī API	Emblica officinalis	P.	8.72 g
Nīlotpala (Utpala API)	Nymphaea stellata	Fl	. 8.72 g
Madhuka (Yaṣṭī API)	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Rt.	8.72 g
Kṣīra kākolī API	Fritillaria roylei	Rt.	8.72 g
Mudhuparṇī (Guḍūcī API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	8.72 g
Nidigdhikā (Kaṇṭakārī API)	Solanum xanthocarpum	Pl.	8.72 g
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API)	Clarified butter from Cow milk		768 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Take fresh Bhṛṅgarāja, Śatāvarī, Guḍūcī and Āmalakī and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain Svarasa.
• Take fresh Vāṣā leaves and obtain juice by Puṭapāka 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 *Kvātha and filtered through muslin cloth.
• Treat Ghṛta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.

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

• Naktāndhya (Night blindness), Timira (Cataract), Kāca (Cataract), Nīlikā (Mole), Paṭala Arbuda (Growth in the layers of eyes), Netrābhiṣyanda (Conjunctivitis), Adhimantha (Glaucoma), Pakṣmakopa (Trichiasis/entropion), Netraroga (Disease of eyes), Adṛṣṭi (Blindness); Mandadṛṣṭi (Diminished vision); Netrasrāva (Chronic dacrocystitis/epiphora); Netrakaṇḍū (Itching in eyes); Dūradṛṣṭi (Hypermetropia), Samīpadṛṣṭi (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