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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.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | St.Bk. | 240 g |
| Śyonāka API | Oroxylum indicum | St.Bk. | 240 g |
| Gambhārī API | Gmelina arborea | St.Bk. | 240 g |
| Pā°alā API | Stereospermum suaveolens | St.Bk. | 240 g |
| Agnimantha API | Premna integrifolia | St.Bk. | 240 g |
| Śālapar´ī API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 240 g |
| P¨śnipar´ī API | Uraria picta | Pl. | 240 g |
| B¨hatī API | Solanum indicum | Pl. | 240 g |
| Ka´°akārī API | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. 2 | 40 g |
| Gok¾ura API | Tribulus terrestris | Pl | 240 g |
| Jala API for decoction | Water | 12.29 | |
| lReduced to | 3.07 l | ||
| K¾īra (Godugdha API) | Cow’s milk | 3.072 l | |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 21.33 g |
| Pippalī mūla API | Piper longum | Rt. | 21.33 g |
| Cavya API | Piper chaba | Rt. | 21.33 g |
| Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 21.33 g |
| Śu´°hī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 21.33 g |
| K¾āra (Yava API) | Hordeum vulgare Ash of | Pl. | 21.33 g |
| Sarpi (Gogh¨ta API) | Clarified butter from cow’s milk | 768 g |
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.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.448 to 1.530 |
| Weight per ml at 400 | 0.910 g to 0.940g |
| Saponification value | 180 to 210 |
| Iodine value | 30 to 47 |
| Acid value | Not more than 3 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
| Congealing point | 220 to 170 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 69.
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