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Mahātriphalādya ghṛta

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Mahatriphalaadya Ghrta is a medicated semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Take fresh Bhrngaraja, shatavari, Guduchi and Aamalaki and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain Svarasa.
  • Take fresh Vasa leaves and obtain juice by Putapaka 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 *Kvatha and filtered through muslin cloth.
  • Treat Ghrta 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

  • Naktandhya (night blindness), Timira (cataract), Kaca (cataract), Nilika (mole), Patala Arbuda (growth in the layers of eyes), Netrabhishyanda (conjunctivitis), Adhimantha (glaucoma), Pakshmakopa (trichiasis/entropion), Netraroga (disease of eyes), Adrshti (blindness); Mandadrshti

(diminished vision); Netrasr¡va (chronic dacrocystitis/epiphora); Netraka¸·£ (itching in eyes); Duradrsht (hypermetropia), Samipaddrshti (myopia).

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • Warm milk, warm water.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 144.