Indukānta Ghṛta - 1

Indukānta Ghṛta - 1 is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in Formulation composition given below, with Gh¤ta as 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.
• Wash, clean and dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 12 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 44 (Kvatha 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 Dravyas and soak for four hours, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Kvatha.
• Transfer the Kalka Dravyas to the wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare homogeneous blend.

Description

• A green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch with bitter 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 (Diseases of abdomen), Viṣamajvara (Intermittent fever), Vata Roga (Diseases due to vata doṣa), Kṣaya (Pthisis), Daurbalya (Weakness).

Dose

• 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

• warm milk, warm water, Guduci Svarasa.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40	1.469 to1.473
Specific gravity at 40	0.957 to 0.962
Acid value	Not more than 1.53
Saponification value	229 to 231
Iodine value	85 to 90
Peroxide value	Not more than 11.0
Congealing point	280 to180