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Daśamūlaṣaṭpalaka Ghṛta

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

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash and dry the raw materials thoroughly before pulverization.
  • Treat Ghrta to prepare Mūrchita Ghrta.
  • Pulverize Daśamūla ingredients 1 to 10. (Kvātha dravya) to coarse powder, add specified quantity of water, keep for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth. *Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Daśamūla kvātha.[1]

Description

  • A low melting Ghrta, yellowish green in color with pleasant odour and bitter and astringent taste.

Storage

  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Agnimāndya (loss of appetite); Pāndu (anaemia); Kāsa (cough); Ajīrna (indigestion); Jvara (Fever) and Plīhāroga (Spleen disease).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Warm milk and warm water.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 69.