Sukumāra Ghṛta

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Sukumaara Ghrta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with m£rcchita Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient.

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Gh¤ta to prepare m£rcchita Gh¤ta (Appendix 6.2.9.2).
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 11 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through 355 I.S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kv¡tha dravya).
• Add water for decoction to the kv¡tha dravya and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-eighth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kv¡tha.
• Strain the Godugdha through muslin cloth.
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 17, 18 and 20 to 24 of the Formulation
• Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 I.S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder. Roast coarsely powdered Saindhava Lava¸a in a stainless steel pan on low flame till free from moisture, powder and pass through 180 I.S. sieve (sieve number 85) (Kalka dravya).
• Transfer

Description

• A greenish yellow coloured, soft, low-melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch with a pleasant odour and astringent taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Vidvibandha, (constipation) Udara, (Urticaria), Gulma, (abdominal lump), Pliha roga, (Splenic diseases), Vidradhi (abcess), shopha (oedema), Yonisula (pain in female genital tract), Arsa (Piles), Vrddhi (Hydrocoele), Vatavyadhi (diseases due to Vata Dosha), Vatarakta (Gout).

Dose

• 6 - 12 g per day in divided doses with warm water /milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400	1.4618 to 1.4622
Specific gravity at 400	0.796 to 0.884
Congealing point	160 to 220
Saponification value	213 to 277
Iodine value	32 to 34
Acid value	Not more than 3
Peroxide value	Not more than 6