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Indukānta Ghṛta - 1
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Indukaanta Ghrta I is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below, with Gh¤ta as basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
P£t¢ka (Cirabilva API) | Holoptelea integrifolia | St. Bk. | 256 g |
D¡ru (Devad¡ru API) | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 256 g |
Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
Agnimantha API | Premna integrifolia | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
áyon¡ka API | Oroxylum indicum | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
Gambh¡r¢ API | Gmelina arborea | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
P¡¶al¡ API | Stereospermum suveolance | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
á¡lapar¸¢ API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 25.6 g |
P¤¿nipar¸¢ API | Uraria picta | Pl | . 25.6 g |
B¤hat¢ API | Solanum indicum | Pl | 25.6 g |
Ka¸¶ak¡r¢ API | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 25.6 g |
GokÀura API | Tribulus terrestris | Pl. | 25.6 g |
Jala for decoction | Water | 12.288 l | |
reduced to | 3.072 l | ||
Kˢra (Gokˢra API) | Cow milk | 768 ml | |
Gh¤ta (Gogh¤ta API) | Clarified butter from Cow s milk | 768 g | |
Pippal¢ API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
Pippal¢m£la (Pippal¢ API) | Piper longum | Rt. | 48 g |
Cavya API | Piper chaba | St. | 48 g |
Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 48 g |
áu¸¶h¢ API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g |
YavakÀ¡ra (Yava API) | Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of | Pl. | 48 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- 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 Dravyas and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. 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.[1]
Description
- A green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch with bitter 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
- warm milk, warm water, Guduci Svarasa.
Physico-chemical parameters
Refractive index at 40 | 1.469 to1.473 |
Specific gravity at 40 | 0.957 to 0.962 |
Acid value | Not more than 1.53 |
Saponification value | 229 to 231 |
Iodine value | 85 to 90 |
Peroxide value | Not more than 11.0 |
Congealing point | 280 to180 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 136.