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Indukānta Ghṛta - 2
Indukānta Ghṛta - 2 is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below, with Mūrcchita Ghṛta as the main basic ingredient
Formulation composition
| Pūtīka (Cirabilva API) | Holoptelea integrifolia | St. Bk. | 256 g |
| Dāru (Devadāru API) | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 256 g |
| Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
| Agnimantha API | Premna integrifolia | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
| Śyonāka API | Oroxylum indicum | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
| Gambhārī API | Gmelina arborea | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
| Pāṭalā API | Stereospermum suveolance | St. Bk. | 25.6 g |
| Śālaparṇī API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 25.6 g |
| Pṛṣniparṇī API | Uraria picta | Pl | . 25.6 g |
| Bṛhatī API | Solanum indicum | Pl | 25.6 g |
| Kaṇṭakārī API | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 25.6 g |
| Gokṣura API | Tribulus terrestris | Pl. | 25.6 g |
| Jala for decoction | Water | 12.288 l | |
| reduced to | 3.072 l | ||
| Kṣīra (GoKṣīra API) | Cow milk | 768 ml | |
| Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) | Clarified butter from Cow s milk | 768 g | |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
| Pippalīmula (pippalī) (Pippalī API) | Piper longum | Rt. | 48 g |
| Cavya API | Piper chaba | St. | 48 g |
| Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 48 g |
| Śuṇṭhi API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g |
| Yavakṣāra (Yava API) | Hordeum vulgare Water soluble ash of | Pl. | 48 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Ghṛta to prepare Mūrcchita Ghṛta.
- Wash, clean and dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 12 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 44 (Kvātha Dravya).
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 16 to 21 of the formulation composition powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 (Kalka Dravyas).
- Add water for decoction to the Kvatha Dravya and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth.
- Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Kvatha.[1]
Description
- A green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch, slightly pungent odour and slightly bitter taste
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Śula (pain/colic), Gulma (abdominal lump), Udara (disease of abdomen), Viṣamajvara (intermittent fever), Vata Roga (disease due to Vāta doṣa), Kṣaya (pthisis), Daurbalya (weakness).
Dose
- 6 to 12 gm twice a day.
Anupāna
- Water.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 40 | 1.468 to 1.473 |
| Specific gravity at 40 | 0.952 to 0.962 |
| Acid value | Not more than 1.44 |
| Saponification value | 229 to 231 |
| Iodine value | 69 to 70 |
| Peroxide value | 85 to 92 |
| Congealing point | 280 to 180 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 140.
