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*Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
 
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*Treat Ghrta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.  
 
*Treat Ghrta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.  
*Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 to 5 of the formulation composition powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 (Kalka Dravyas).
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*Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 to 5 of the formulation composition powder separately and pass through sieve number 85 ([[Kalka]] Dravyas).
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==Description==
 
==Description==

Revision as of 15:29, 23 August 2018

Dandimaadi Ghrta II is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below, with M£rcchita Gh¤ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

D¡·ima API Punica granatum Dr. Sd. 192 g
Dh¡nya (Dh¡nyaka API) Coriandrum sativam Fr. 96 g
Citraka API Plumabago zeylanica Rt. 48 g
ᤴgavera (áu¸¶h¢ API) Zingiber officinale Rz. 48 g
Pippal¢ API Piper longum Fr. 24 g
M£rcchita Gh¤ta (Gogh¤ta API) Clarified butter from Cow s milk 960 g
Jala Water 3.072 l

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Ghrta to prepare Murcchita Ghrta.
  • 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).[1]

Description

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

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Pandu (anemia), Gulma (abdominal lump), Pliharoga (splenic disease); Hrdroga (heart disease), Arsa (piles), Parinamasla (duodenal ulcer), Garbhini Roga (disease during

pregnancy), Vata-Kapha Roga (disease due to Vata Dosha and Kapha Dosha), Agnimandya (digestive impairment), shvasa (asthma), Kasa (cough), Muthavata (obstructed movement of Vata Dosha), Vandhyatva (infertility), Dushkhaprasava (difficult labour).

Dose

  • 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

  • warm Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 1.468 to 1.470
Specific gravity at 40 0.955 to 0.969
Acid value Not more than 0.33
Saponification value 236 to 242
Iodine value 70 to 90
Peroxide value Not more than 6.5
Congealing point 280

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 132.