Mahātriphalādya ghṛta

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Mahatriphalaadya Ghrta is a medicated semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Triphal¡ Rasa (Triphal¡ API)	Kv¡tha		768 ml
Terminalia belerica P.
Terminalia chebula P.
Emblica officinalis P.
Bh¤´ga Rasa (Bh¤´gar¡ja API)	Eclipta alba	Pl.	768 ml
V¤Àa Rasa (V¡s¡ API)	Adhatoda vasica	Lf.	768 ml
áat¡var¢ Rasa (áat¡var¢ API)	Asparagus racemosus	Rt. Tr.	768 ml
Aj¡ KÀ¢ra API	Goat Milk		768 ml
Gu·£c¢ Rasa (Gu·£c¢ API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	768 ml
Ëmalak¢ Rasa (Ëmalak¢ API)	Emblica officinalis	P.	768 ml
Ka¸¡ (Pippal¢ API)	Piper longum	Fr.	8.72 g
Sit¡ API	Sugar candy		8.72 g
Dr¡kÀ¡ API	Vitis vinifera	Dr. Fr.	8.72 g
Har¢tak¢ API	Terminalia chebula	P.	8.72 g
Bibh¢taka API	Terminalia belerica	P.	8.72 g
Ëmalak¢ API	Emblica officinalis	P.	8.72 g
N¢lotpala (Utpala API)	Nymphaea stellat	a Fl	. 8.72 g
Madhuka (YaÀ¶¢ API)	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Rt.	8.72 g
KÀ¢rak¡kol¢ API	Fritillaria roylei Sub.	Rt.	8.72 g
Mudhupar¸¢ (Gu·£c¢ API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	8.72 g
Nidigdhik¡ (Ka¸¶ak¡r¢ API)	Solanum xanthocarpum	Pl.	8.72 g
Gh¤ta (Gogh¤ta API)	Clarified butter from Cow milk		768 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Take fresh Bhrngaraja, shatavari, Guduchi and Aamalaki and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter with muslin cloth to obtain Svarasa.
• Take fresh Vasa leaves and obtain juice by Putapaka method
• Soak the coarse Tripha powder in potable water in the specified ratio for overnight, boil it till the volume is reduced to one fourth of its original volume, cool the *Kvatha and filtered through muslin cloth.
• Treat Ghrta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.

Description

• A low melting Gh¤ta, greenish cream in colour, unctuous to touch, no specific odour and taste bitter.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Naktandhya (night blindness), Timira (cataract), Kaca (cataract), Nilika (mole), Patala Arbuda (growth in the layers of eyes), Netrabhishyanda (conjunctivitis), Adhimantha (glaucoma), Pakshmakopa (trichiasis/entropion), Netraroga (disease of eyes), Adrshti (blindness); Mandadrshti

(diminished vision); Netrasr¡va (chronic dacrocystitis/epiphora); Netraka¸·£ (itching in eyes); Duradrsht (hypermetropia), Samipaddrshti (myopia).

Dose

• 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

• Warm milk, warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40	1.4531 to 1.4534
Acid value	Not more than 2.9
Saponification value	0.2100 to 0.2147
Peroxide value	Not more than 15.8