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.