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Kalyāṇaka Ghṛta

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Kalyāṇaka Ghṛta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¨ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 12 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia bellirica P. 12 g
Āmalakī API Phyllanthus emblica(Emblica officinalis) P. 12 g
Viśāla API Citrullus colocynthis(Official substitute) Fr. 12 g
Bhadrailā (Sthūlailā API ) Amomum subulatum Sd. 12 g
Devadāru API Cedrus deodara Ht.Wd 12 g
Elāvāluka API Prunus avium St.Bk 12 g
Śveta sārivā API Hemidesmus indicus Rt. 12 g
Kṛṣṇa sārivā API Cryptolepis buchanani Rt. 12 g
Haridrā API Curcuma longa Rz. 12 g
Dāru haridrā API Berberis aristata St. 12 g
Śālaparṇī API Desmodium gangeticum Rt. 12 g
Pṛśniparṇī API Uraria picta Rt. 12 g
Phalinī (Priyaṅgu API ) Callicarpa macrophylla Infl. 12 g
Nata (Tagara API) Valeriana wallichii Rt 12 g
Bṛhatī API Solanum indicum Pl. 12 g
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt 12 g
Mañjiṣṭā API Rubia cordifolia St 12 g
Nāgakeśara API Mesua ferrea Stmn. 12 g
Dāḍima-Phala tvak API Punica granatum P. 12 g
Vella (Viḍaṅga API) Embelia ribes Fr. 12 g
Tālīsā patra (Tālīsā API) Abies webbiana Lf. 12 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 12 g
Mālatī Mukula (Jātī API) Jasminum officinalevar.grandiflorum Fl. 12 g
Utpala API Nymphaea stellata Fl. 12 g
Daṅtī API Baliospermum montanum Rt 12 g
Padmaka API Prunus cerasoides Ht. Wd 12 g
Hima (Rakta candana API) Pterocarpus santalinus Ht. Wd 12 g
Sarpi (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from cow’s milk 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash and dry all the herbal raw material thoroughly.
  • Treat Ghrta to prepare Mūrchita Ghrta.
  • Take the ingredients (kalka dravya) numbered 1 to 28 in the formulation composition, clean, wash, dry, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
  • Transfer the powdered ingredients to wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare a homogeneous blend (Kalka). [1]

Description

  • A low melting Gh¨ta, yellowish green in color with pleasant odour and bitter taste.

Storage

  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Pāndu (Anemia), Apasmāra (Epilepsy), Bhūtonmāda (exogenous psychosis), Bālagraha (specific disorders of children), Vishavik¢ra (disorders due to poison), Gara visha (slow/accumulated poison), Vandhyatva (Infertility), Yoni roga (diseases of the female genital tract), Kandu (itching), Śopha (Oedema), Meda (Adipose tissue), Moha

(Delusion), Jvara (fever), Smrti daurbalya (weak memory) and Daurbalya (weakness).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided doses

Anupāna

  • Warm milk, Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.454 to1.465
Weight per ml at 400 0.930g to 0.945g
Saponification value 190 to 230
Iodine value 30 to 40
Acid value Not more than 2
Peroxide value Not more than 4
Congealing point 210 to 170

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.450 to 1.461
Weight per ml at 400 0.930g to 0.945g
Saponification value 180 to 210
Iodine value 33 to 45
Acid value NoNot more than 4.5
Peroxide value Not more than 4
Congealing point 220 to 170

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 77.