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Kalyāṇaka Ghṛta
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Kalyanaka Ghrta 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 |
| K¨¾´a sārivā API | Cryptolepis buchanani | Rt. | 12 g |
| Haridrā API | Curcuma longa | Rz. | 12 g |
| D¢ru haridrā API | Berberis aristata | St. | 12 g |
| Śālapar´ī API | Desmodium gangeticum | Rt. | 12 g |
| P¨śnipar´ī API | Uraria picta | Rt. | 12 g |
| Phalinī (Priya¬gu API ) | Callicarpa macrophylla | Infl. | 12 g |
| Nata (Tagara API) | Valeriana wallichii | Rt | 12 g |
| B¨hatī API | Solanum indicum | Pl. | 12 g |
| Ku¾°ha API | Saussurea lappa | Rt | 12 g |
| Ma®ji¾°ā API | Rubia cordifolia | St | 12 g |
| Nāgakeśara API | Mesua ferrea | Stmn. | 12 g |
| Dā²ima-Phala tvak API | Punica granatum | P. | 12 g |
| Vella (Vi²a¬ga API) | Embelia ribes | Fr. | 12 g |
| Tālīsā patra (Tālīsā API) | Abies webbiana | Lf. | 12 g |
| Elā (Sūk¾mailā API) | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 12 g |
| Mālatī Mukula (Jātī API) | Jasminum officinalevar.grandiflorum | Fl. | 12 g |
| Utpala API | Nymphaea stellata | Fl. | 12 g |
| Da¬tī 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 (Gogh¨ta 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
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 77.
