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Mahātriphalādya ghṛta
Mahā Triphalādya ghṛta is a medicated semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with Ghṛta as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
Triphalā Rasa (Triphalā API) | Terminalia belerica | P. | 768 ml |
Kvātha | Terminalia chebula | P. | |
NIl | Emblica officinalis P. | ||
Bhṛṅga Rasa (Bhṛṅgarāja API) | Eclipta alba | Pl. | 768 ml |
Vṛṣa Rasa (Vāsā API) | Adhatoda vasica | Lf. | 768 ml |
Śatāvarī Rasa (Śatāvarī API) | Asparagus racemosus | Rt. Tr. | 768 ml |
Ajā kṣīra API | Goat Milk | 768 ml | |
Guḍūcī Rasa (Guḍūcī API) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 768 ml |
Āmalakī Rasa (Āmalakī API) | Emblica officinalis | P. | 768 ml |
Kaṇā (Pippalī API) | Piper longum | Fr. | 8.72 g |
Sitā API | Sugar candy | 8.72 g | |
Drākṣā API | Vitis vinifera | Dr. Fr. | 8.72 g |
Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 8.72 g |
Bibhītaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 8.72 g |
Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 8.72 g |
Nīlotpala (Utpala API) | Nymphaea stellat | a Fl | . 8.72 g |
Madhuka (Yaṣṭī API) | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 8.72 g |
Kṣīra kākolī API | Fritillaria roylei Sub. | Rt. | 8.72 g |
Mudhuparṇī (Guḍūcī API) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 8.72 g |
Nidigdhikā (Kaṇṭakārī API) | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 8.72 g |
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) | Clarified butter from Cow milk | 768 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Take fresh Bhṛṅgarāja, Śatāvarī, Guḍūcī and Āmalakī and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain Svarasa.
- Take fresh Vāṣā leaves and obtain juice by Puṭapāka method
- Soak the coarse Tripha powder in potable water in the specified ratio for overnight, boil it till the volume is reduced to one fourth of its original volume, cool the *Kvātha and filtered through muslin cloth.
- Treat Ghṛta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.[1]
Description
- A low melting Gh¤ta, greenish cream in colour, unctuous to touch, no specific odour and taste bitter.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Naktāndhya (night blindness), Timira (cataract), Kāca (cataract), Nīlikā (mole), Paṭala Arbuda (growth in the layers of eyes), Netrābhiṣyanda (conjunctivitis), Adhimantha (glaucoma), Pakṣmakopa (trichiasis/entropion), Netraroga (disease of eyes), Adṛṣṭi (blindness); Mandadṛṣṭi
(diminished vision); Netrasr¡va (chronic dacrocystitis/epiphora); Netraka¸·£ (itching in eyes); Duradṛṣṭi (hypermetropia), Samipaddṛṣṭi (myopia).
Dose
- 6 to 12 gm twice a day.
Anupāna
- Warm milk, warm water.
Physico-chemical parameters
Refractive index at 40 | 1.4531 to 1.4534 |
Acid value | Not more than 2.9 |
Saponification value | 0.2100 to 0.2147 |
Peroxide value | Not more than 15.8 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 144.