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*Treat Ghrta to prepare Mūrchita Ghrta.
 
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*Take the ingredients (kalka dravya) numbered 2 to 8, wash, dry, powder and pass through sieve number 85.
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==Description==
 
==Description==

Revision as of 15:26, 23 August 2018

Sārasvata Ghṛta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¨ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Ajā kṣīra Goat’s milk 3.07 l
Abhayā (Harītakī API) Terminalia chebula P. 24 g
Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 24 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 24 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 24 g
Pāṭhā API Cissampelos pareira Rt. 24 g
Ugra (Vacā API) Acorus calamus Rz. 24 g
Śigru API Moringa pterygosperma Rt.Bk. 24 g
Saindhava lavaṇa (API) Rock salt 24 g
Jala API Water 3.07 l
Sarpi (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from cow’s milk 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Ghrta to prepare Mūrchita Ghrta.
  • Take the ingredients (kalka dravya) numbered 2 to 8, wash, dry, powder and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Transfer the powdered ingredients to the wet grinder, add ingredient number 9 and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare a homogeneous blend (Kalka).[1]

Description

  • A low melting Ghrta, greenish yellow in color with pleasant odour and bitter taste.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Improves Vāk (speech), Medhā (intelligence), Smrti (memory) and Jātharāgni (appetite).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided dose.

Anupāna

  • Warm milk, Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.450 to 1.453
Weight per ml at 400 0.910g to 0.940g
Saponification value 180 to 210
Iodine value 40 to 53
Acid value Not more than 3.5
Peroxide value Not more than 5
Congealing point 210 to 170

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 86.