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Revision as of 15:35, 23 August 2018
Sukumaara Ghrta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with m£rcchita Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Punarnava (Rakta Punarnav¡ API) | Boerhaavia diffusa | Pl. | 4.800 kg |
| Da¿am£la | |||
| Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | Rt./St. Bk. | ∗ 480 g |
| áyon¡ka API | Oroxylum indicum | Rt./St. Bk | .* 480 g |
| Gambh¡ri API | Gmelina arborea | Rt./St. Bk. | * 480 g |
| P¡¶al¡ API | Stereospermum suaveolens | Rt./St. Bk. | * 480 g |
| Agnimantha API | [Premna integrifolia (Official Substitute)] | Rt./St. Bk. | * 480 g |
| á¡lapar¸¢ API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 480 g |
| P¤¿nipar¸¢ API | Uraria picta | Pl. | 480 g |
| B¤hat¢ API | Solanum indicum | Pl | . 480 g |
| Ka¸¶ak¡r¢ API | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 480 g |
| GokÀura API | Tribulus terrestris | Pl | . 480 g |
| Payasy¡ (Ks¢rak¡kol¢ API) | Fritillaria roylei Sub | . Rt | . 480 g |
| A¿vagandh¡ API | Withania somnifera | Rt. | 480 g |
| Era¸·a API | Ricinus communis | Rt | . 480 g |
| áat¡var¢ API | Asparagus racemosus | Rt. Tr. | 480 g |
| Dvidarbham£la | |||
| Darbha API | Imperata cylindrica | Rt | . 480 g |
| Ku¿a API | Desmostachya bipinnata | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
| áaram£la (áara API) | Saccharum munja (= S. bengalense) | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
| K¡¿am£la (K¡¿a API) | Saccharum spontaneum | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
| IkÀum£la (IkÀu API) | Saccharum officinarum | Rt. Stk. | 480 g |
| Po¶agala API | Typha elephantina | Rt. | 480 g |
| Jala API for decoction | Potable Water | – | 49.152 l |
| reduced to | 6.144 l | ||
| Gu·a API | Jaggery | – | 1.440 kg |
| Era¸·a taila (API) | Castor oil | – | 768 g |
| Gh¤ta (Gogh¤ta API) | Clarified butter from cow milk | – | 1.536 kg |
| Payas (Godugdha API) | Cow milk | – | 1.536 kg |
| K¤À¸¡ (Pippal¢ API) | Piper longum | Fr. | 96 g |
| K¤À¸¡m£la (Pippal¢ API) | Piper longum | St. | 96 g |
| Saindhava (Saindhava Lava¸a (API)) | Rock salt | – | 96 g |
| YaÀ¶¢ API | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 96 g |
| Madh£ka API | Madhuca indica | Fl. | 96 g |
| M¤dv¢k¡ (Dr¡kÀ¡ API) | Vitis vinifera | Dr. Fr. | 96 g |
| Yav¡n¢ API | Trachyspermum ammi | Fr. | 96 g |
| N¡gara (áu¸¶h¢ API) | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 96 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Gh¤ta to prepare m£rcchita Gh¤ta (Appendix 6.2.9.2).
- 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) (kv¡tha dravya).
- Add water for decoction to the kv¡tha dravya and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-eighth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kv¡tha.
- 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 Lava¸a 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
- Vidvibandha, (constipation) Udara, (Urticaria), Gulma, (abdominal lump), Pliha roga, (Splenic diseases), Vidradhi (abcess), shopha (oedema), Yonisula (pain in female genital tract), Arsa (Piles), Vrddhi (Hydrocoele), Vatavyadhi (diseases due to Vata Dosha), Vatarakta (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.
