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Daṣamūla Ghṛta
Dashamoola Ghrta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¨ta as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | St.Bk. | 307.6 g |
| Śyonāka API | Oroxylum indicum. | St.Bk. | 307.6 g |
| Gambhārī API | Gmelina arborea | St.Bk. | 307.6 g |
| Pā°alā API | Stereospermum suaveolens | St.Bk. | 307.6 g |
| Agnimantha API | Premna integrifolia(Official substitute) | St.Bk. | 307.6 g |
| Śālapar´ī API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 307.6 g |
| P¨śnipar´ī API | Uraria picta | Pl. | 307.6 g |
| B¨hatī API | Solanum indicum | Pl. | 307.6 g |
| Ka´°akārī API | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 307.6 g |
| Gok¾ura API | Tribulus terrestris | Fr. | 307.6 g |
| Jala API for decoction | Water | 12.29 | |
| lReduced to | 3.07 l | ||
| Gh¨ta (Gogh¨ta API) | Clarified butter from cow’s milk | 768 g | |
| Pu¾karāhvā (Pu¾kara API) | Inula racemosa | Rt. | 12 g |
| Śa°ī (Śa°i API) | Hedychium spicatum | Rz. | 12 g |
| Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | St.Bk. | 12 g |
| Surasā (Tulasī API) | Ocimum sanctum | Pl. | 12 g |
| Śu´°hī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 12 g |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 12 g |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 12 g |
| Hi¬gu API | Śuddha Ferula foetida | Exd. | 12 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Clean and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly before pulverization.
- Treat Ghrta to prepare Mūrchita Ghrta.
- Pulverize ingredients numbered 1 to 10 (Kvātha dravya), to coarse powder, add 4 parts of water, keep for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Dashamoola kvātha.[1]
Description
- A low melting Ghrta, 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
- Vātaja kāsa (cough due to Vāta dosha), Kaphaja kāsa (cough due to Kapha dosha), Vātakapha roga (diseases due to Vāta Kapha dosha), Sūtikā roga (Puerperal disorders) and Hasta pāda dāha (burning sensation in palms & soles).
Dose
- 12 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Warm water, warm milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.450 to 1.453 |
| Weight per ml at 400 | 0.910 g to 0.940 g |
| Saponification value | 180 to 210 |
| Iodine value | 120 to 150 |
| Acid value | Not more than 3 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
| Congealing point | 220 to 170 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 66.
