Sukumāra Ghṛta

Sukumāra Ghṛta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with mūrcchita Ghṛta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Punarnava (Rakta Punarnavā API)	Boerhaavia diffusa	Pl.	4.800 kg
Daśamūla
Bilva API	Aegle marmelos	Rt./St. Bk.	∗ 480 g
Śyonāka API	Oroxylum indicum	Rt./St. Bk	.* 480 g
Gambhāri API	Gmelina arborea	Rt./St. Bk.	* 480 g
Pāṭalā API	Stereospermum suaveolens	Rt./St. Bk.	* 480 g
Agnimantha API	[Premna integrifolia (Official Substitute)]	Rt./St. Bk.	* 480 g
Śālaparṇī API	Desmodium gangeticum	Pl.	480 g
Pṛśniparṇī API	Uraria picta	Pl.	480 g
Bṛhatī API	Solanum indicum	Pl	. 480 g
Kaṇṭakārī API	Solanum xanthocarpum	Pl.	480 g
Gokśura API	Tribulus terrestris	Pl	. 480 g
Payasyā (Ksīrakākolī API)	Fritillaria roylei Sub	. Rt	. 480 g
Aśvagandhā API	Withania somnifera	Rt.	480 g
Eraṇḍaa API	Ricinus communis	Rt	. 480 g
Śatāvarī API	Asparagus racemosus	Rt. Tr.	480 g
Dvidarbhamūla
Darbha API	Imperata cylindrica	Rt	. 480 g
Kuśa API	Desmostachya bipinnata	Rt. Stk.	480 g
Śaramūla (Śara API)	Saccharum munja (= S. bengalense)	Rt. Stk.	480 g
Kāśamūla (Kāśa API)	Saccharum spontaneum	Rt. Stk.	480 g
Ikṣumūla (Ikṣu API)	Saccharum officinarum	Rt. Stk.	480 g
Poṭagala API	Typha elephantina	Rt.	480 g
Jala API for decoction	Potable Water	–	49.152 l
reduced to			6.144 l
Guḍa API	Jaggery	–	1.440 kg
Eraṇḍa taila (API)	Castor oil	–	768 g
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API)	Clarified butter from cow milk	–	1.536 kg
Payas (Godugdha API)	Cow milk	–	1.536 kg
Kṛṣṇā (Pippalī API)	Piper longum	Fr.	96 g
Kṛṣṇāmūla (Pippalī API)	Piper longum	St.	96 g
Saindhava (Saindhava Lavaṇa (API))	Rock salt	–	96 g
Yaṣṭī API	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Rt.	96 g
Madhūka API	Madhuca indica	Fl.	96 g
Mṛdvīkā (Drākṣā API)	Vitis vinifera	Dr. Fr.	96 g
Yavānī API	Trachyspermum ammi	Fr.	96 g
Nāgara (Śuṇṭhī API)	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	96 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Ghṛta to prepare mūrcchita Ghṛta.
• 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) (kvātha dravya).
• Add water for decoction to the kvātha dravya and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-eighth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
• 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 Lavaṇa 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

• Viḍvibandha, (Constipation) Udara, (Urticaria), Gulma, (Abdominal lump), Plīhā roga, (Splenic diseases), Vidradhi (Abcess), Śopha (Oedema), Yonisula (Pain in female genital tract), Arśa (Piles), Vṛddhi (Hydrocoele), Vātavyādhi (Diseases due to vata Dosha), Vātarakta (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