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Indukānta Ghṛta - 2

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Indukaanta Ghrta II is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below, with M£rcchita Gh¤ta as the main basic ingredient

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Ghrta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta .
  • Wash, clean and dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 12 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 44 (Kvatha Dravya).
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 16 to 21 of the formulation composition powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 (Kalka Dravyas).
  • Add water for decoction to the Kvatha Dravya and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth.
  • Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Kvatha.[1]

Description

  • A green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch, slightly pungent odour and slightly bitter taste

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • sula (pain/colic), Gulma (abdominal lump), Udara (disease of abdomen), Vishamajvara (intermittent fever), Vata Roga (disease due to Vata Dosha), Kshaya (pthisis), Daurbalya (weakness).

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 1.468 to 1.473
Specific gravity at 40 0.952 to 0.962
Acid value Not more than 1.44
Saponification value 229 to 231
Iodine value 69 to 70
Peroxide value 85 to 92
Congealing point 280

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 140.