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Sukumāra Ghṛta
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Sukumāra Ghṛta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with mūrcchita Ghṛta as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
Punarnava (Rakta Punarnavā API) | Boerhaavia diffusa | Pl. | 4.800 kg |
Daśamūla | |||
Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | Rt./St. Bk. | ∗ 480 g |
Śyonāka API | Oroxylum indicum | Rt./St. Bk | .* 480 g |
Gambhāri API | Gmelina arborea | Rt./St. Bk. | * 480 g |
Pāṭalā API | Stereospermum suaveolens | Rt./St. Bk. | * 480 g |
Agnimantha API | Premna integrifolia | Rt./St. Bk. | * 480 g |
Śālaparṇī API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 480 g |
Pṛśniparṇī API | Uraria picta | Pl. | 480 g |
Bṛhatī API | Solanum indicum | Pl | . 480 g |
Kaṇṭakārī API | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 480 g |
Gokśura API | Tribulus terrestris | Pl | . 480 g |
Payasyā (Ksīrakākolī API) | Fritillaria roylei Sub | . Rt | . 480 g |
Aśvagandhā API | Withania somnifera | Rt. | 480 g |
Eraṇḍaa API | Ricinus communis | Rt | . 480 g |
Śatāvarī API | Asparagus racemosus | Rt. Tr. | 480 g |
Dvidarbhamūla | |||
Darbha API | Imperata cylindrica | Rt | . 480 g |
Kuśa API | Desmostachya bipinnata | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
Śaramūla (Śara API) | Saccharum munja | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
Kāśamūla (Kāśa API) | Saccharum spontaneum | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
Ikṣumūla (Ikṣu API) | Saccharum officinarum | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
Poṭagala API | Typha elephantina | Rt. | 480 g |
Jala API for decoction | Potable Water | – | 49.152 l |
reduced to | 6.144 l | ||
Guḍa API | Jaggery | – | 1.440 kg |
Eraṇḍa taila (API) | Castor oil | – | 768 g |
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) | Clarified butter from cow milk | – | 1.536 kg |
Payas (Godugdha API) | Cow milk | – | 1.536 kg |
Kṛṣṇā (Pippalī API) | Piper longum | Fr. | 96 g |
Kṛṣṇāmūla (Pippalī API) | Piper longum | St. | 96 g |
Saindhava (Saindhava Lavaṇa (API)) | Rock salt | – | 96 g |
Yaṣṭī API | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 96 g |
Madhūka API | Madhuca indica | Fl. | 96 g |
Mṛdvīkā (Drākṣā API) | Vitis vinifera | Dr. Fr. | 96 g |
Yavānī API | Trachyspermum ammi | Fr. | 96 g |
Nāgara (Śuṇṭhī API) | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 96 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Ghṛta to prepare mūrcchita Ghṛta.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 11 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through 355 I.S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvātha dravya).
- Add water for decoction to the kvātha dravya and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-eighth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
- Strain the Godugdha through muslin cloth.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 17, 18 and 20 to 24 of the Formulation
- Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 I.S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder. Roast coarsely powdered Saindhava Lavaṇa in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture, powder and pass through 180 I.S. sieve (sieve number 85) (Kalka dravya).
- Transfer [1]
Description
- A greenish yellow coloured, soft, low-melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch with a pleasant odour and astringent taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Viḍvibandha, (Constipation) Udara, (Urticaria), Gulma, (Abdominal lump), Plīhā roga, (Splenic diseases), Vidradhi (Abcess), Śopha (Oedema), Yonisula (Pain in female genital tract), Arśa (Piles), Vṛddhi (Hydrocoele), Vātavyādhi (Diseases due to vata dosha), Vātarakta (Gout).
Dose
- 6 - 12 g per day in divided doses with warm water /milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
Refractive index at 400 | 1.4618 to 1.4622 |
Specific gravity at 400 | 0.796 to 0.884 |
Congealing point | 160 to 220 |
Saponification value | 213 to 277 |
Iodine value | 32 to 34 |
Acid value | Not more than 3 |
Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 41.
Categories:
- Formulations
- Ayurvedic Medicine
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Constipation
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Urticaria
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Abdominal lump
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Splenic diseases
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Abcess
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Oedema
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Pain in female genital tract
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Piles
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Hydrocoele
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases due to vata dosha
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Gout