Kalyāṇaka Ghṛta

Kalyāṇaka Ghṛta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Ghṛta 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
Kṛṣṇa sārivā API	Cryptolepis buchanani	Rt.	12 g
Haridrā API	Curcuma longa	Rz.	12 g
Dāru haridrā API	Berberis aristata	St.	12 g
Śālaparṇī API	Desmodium gangeticum	Rt.	12 g
Pṛśniparṇī API	Uraria picta	Rt.	12 g
Phalinī (Priyaṅgu API )	Callicarpa macrophylla	Infl.	12 g
Nata (Tagara API)	Valeriana wallichi	Rt	12 g
Bṛhatī API	Solanum indicum	Pl.	12 g
Kuṣṭha API	Saussurea lappa	Rt	12 g
Mañjiṣṭā API	Rubia cordifolia	St	12 g
Nāgakeśara API	Mesua ferrea	Stmn.	12 g
Dāḍima-Phala tvak API	Punica granatum	P.	12 g
Vella (Viḍaṅga API)	Embelia ribes	Fr.	12 g
Tālīsā patra (Tālīsā API)	Abies webbiana	Lf.	12 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	12 g
Mālatī Mukula (Jātī API)	Jasminum officinal evar.grandiflorum	Fl.	12 g
Utpala API	Nymphaea stellata	Fl.	12 g
Daṅtī 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 (Goghṛta 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).

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 (Anaemia), Apasmāra (Epilepsy), Bhūtonmāda (Exogenous psychosis), Bālagraha (Specific disorders of children), Viṣavikāra (Disorders due to poison), Gara visha (Slow/accumulated poison), Vandhyatva (Infertility), Yoni roga (Diseases of the female genital tract), Kaṇḍu (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	1.450 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