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.

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 (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