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.

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.

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

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