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==Method of preparation==
 
==Method of preparation==

Latest revision as of 14:52, 3 April 2022

Sukumāra Ghṛta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with mūrcchita Ghṛta as the basic ingredient.

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

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 41.