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'''Triphala Ghrta''' is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¨ta as the basic ingredient.
 
'''Triphala Ghrta''' is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¨ta as the basic ingredient.
  

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Triphala Ghrta is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Gh¨ta as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 12 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia bellirica P. 12 g
Āmalakī API Phyllanthus emblica (Emblica officinalis) P. 12 g
Śu´°hī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 12 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 12 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 12 g
Drāk¾ā API Vitis vinifera Dr.Fr. 12 g
Madhuka (Ya¾°ī API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 12 g
Ka°urohi´ī (Ka°ukā API) Picrorhiza kurroa Rz./Rt 12 g
Prapau´²arīka (Kamala API) Nelumbo nucifera Fl. 12 g
Sūk¾mailā API Eletteria cardamomum Sd. 12 g
Vi²a¬ga API Embelia ribes Fr. 1 2 g
Nāgakeśara API Mesua ferrea Stmn. 12 g
Nīlotpala (Utpala API) Nymphaea stellata Fl. 12 g
Śveta sārivā API Hemidesmus indicus Rt. 12 g
K¨¾´a sārivā API Cryptolepis buchanani Rt. 12 g
Candana (Śvetā candana API) Santalum album Ht.Wd 12 g
Haridrā API Curcuma longa Rz. 12 g
Dāruharidrā API Berberis aristata St. 12 g
Gh¨ta (Go ghŗta API) Clarified butter from cow’s milk 768 g
Pāyasa (Godugdha API) Cow’s milk 768 g
Triphalā – Kvātha Kvatha of Emblica officinalis, Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica 2.3 l

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly.
  • Treat Ghrta to prepare Mūrchita Ghrta.
  • Pulverize ingredient 22 (consisting of Triphalā ingredients) to a coarse powder, add 8 parts of water, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth. Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Triphalā kvātha[1]

Description

  • A low melting Ghrta, green in colour, unctuous to touch with pleasant odour and bitter taste.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Arbuda (tumours), Kāmalā (Jaundice), Timira (Cataract), Visarpa (Erysepelas), Pradara (excessive vaginal discharge), Netra rujā (pain in eyes), Netra srāva (Lacrimation), Kāsa (cough), Kandū (itching), Rakta dosha (disorders of Blood), Śvayathu (oedema), Khālitya (Alopecia), Keśa patana (falling of hair), Vishama jvara (intermittent fever), Arma (Pterygium), Śukla netra roga (Eye disorders related to sclera) and Vartma roga (disorders of eyelids).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided doses. It can also be used in different Netra Kriyā kalpas.

Anupāna

  • Warm milk, Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.452 to 1.455
Weight per ml at 400 0.910g to 0.935g
Saponification value 200 to 225
Iodine value 35 to 45
Acid value Not more than 3
Peroxide value Not more than 5
Congealing point 210 to 170

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 91.