Tiktaka Ghṛta - 1

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Tiktaka Ghrta is a Ghrta prepation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Ghrta as the basic ingredient.

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, clean and dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 8 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 44 (Kvatha Dravyas).
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 10 to 15 of the formulation composition powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 (Kalka Dravyas).
• Add water for decoction to the Kvatha Dravyas and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-eighth.
• Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Kvatha.
• Transfer the Kalka Dravyas to the wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare homogeneous blend.

Description

• A light green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch with specific odour and bitter taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Trshna (thirst), Bhrama (vertigo), Daha (burning sensation), Parisarpa (erysipelas, Pidaka (carbuncle), Pittaja Kustha (diseases of skin due to Pitta Dosha), Kandu (itching), Pandu roga (anemia), Ganda (cervical lymphadenitis), Nandivrana (sinus), Apaci (chronic lymphadenopathy/scrofula), Visphota (blisterous eruption), Vidradhi (abscess), Gulma (abdominal lump), shopha (oedema), Unmada (mania/psychosis), Meda (adipose tissue), Hrdroga (heart disease), Timira (cataract), Vyatga (dark shade on face due to stress and excessive exercise/localized hyper pigmentation of skin), Grahani (malabsorption syndrome), shvitra (leucoderma/Vitiligo), Kamala (jaundice), Bhagandara (fistula-in-ano), Udara (diseases of abdomen), Apasm¡ra (epilepsy), Pradara (excessive vaginal discharge), Gara (slow/accumulated poison), Arsa (piles), Raktapitta (bleeding disorder).

Dose

• 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

• warm water.