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Dāḍimādi Ghṛta - 1

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Dāḍimādi Ghṛta - 1 is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient

Formulation composition

Dāḍima API Punica granatum Dr. Sd. 192 g
Dhānya (Dhānyaka API) Coriandrum sativam Fr. 96 g
Citraka API Plumbago zeylanica Rt. 48 g
Śṛṅgavera (Sūṇṭhī API) Zingiber officinale Rz. 48 g
Pippalī API Piper nigrum Fr. 24 g
Ghṛta (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from cow s milk 960 g
Jala Water 3.072 l

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 to 5 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 (Kalka Dravyas).
  • Transfer the Kalka Dravyas to the wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare homogeneous blend (Kalka).
  • Clean Dāḍima seeds and crush to prepare a paste.[1]

Description

  • A green-coloured, soft, low melting medicated fat, unctuous to touch with pleasant sweetish odour and ghee like taste

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Pāṇḍu (Anaemia), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Plīharoga (Splenic disease), Hṛdroga (Heart disease), Arśa (Piles), Pariṇāma śūla (Duodenal ulcer), Garbhiṇī Roga (Diseases during pregnancy), Vāta-Kapha Roga (Disease due to vata Dosha and kapha Dosha), Agnimāndya (Digestive impairment), Śvāasa (Asthma), Kāsa (Cough), Mūḍhavāta (Obstructed movement of vata Dosha), Vandhyatva (Infertility), Duṇkha Prasava (Difficult labour).

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 1.470 to1.468
Specific gravity at 40 0.959-0.969
Acid value Not more than 0.9
Saponification value 236 to 242
Iodine value 69 to 70
Peroxide value Not more than 6
Congealing point 280 to180

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 129.