Dadhika Ghrita

Dadhika Ghrita is an Ayurvedic medicine, in the form of medicated ghee, used as a preparatory procedure Sneha karma medicine for the Panchakarma treatments. Dadihika or Dadhi is the Sanskrit word of curd. It calms Vata and Pitta

It is prepared according to the reference of Ashtangahrudayam chikitsasthana

Medicinal plants and other ingredients used in the preparation of Dadhika Ghrita

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• Dashamoola – a group of ten roots
• Bala -Indian country mallow- Sida cordifolia
• Shweta and Rakta Punarnava- Spreading hogweed
• Paushkara – Inula racemoses
• Eranda – Castor oil plant
• Rasna – Pluchea
• Ashwagandha – Winter cherry
• Bharngi- Eliptica Alba
• Amruta – Giloy – heartleaf moonseed
• Shati – Spiked Gingerlily
• Kumbha – Operculina turpethum
  Murva – Marsdenia tenacissima
• Ibhapippali – Scindapsus officinalis
• Vella – False black pepper – Embelia ribes
• Dadima – Pomegranate
• Swadamshtra – Tribulus terrestris
• Himsra – Capparis spinosa
• Ashmabhedaka – moutain knotgrass – Aerva lanata
• Mishi – Indian dill –  Anethum graveolens
• Surasa – Tulsi – Holy basil
• Sariva – India sarsaparilla – Hemidesmus indicus
• Niliniphala –  Indigo plant – Indigofera tinctoria
• Trikatu- Pepper, long pepper and ginger
• Tri lavana – Three types of salt – Saindhava, Sauvarchala, Vida lavana
• Kulattha – Horsegram
• Masha – Black gram
• Dadima swarasa – Pomegranate juice
• Aamraata swarasa – pondias pinnata
• Matulunga swarasa- Lemon juice
• Bharngi – Clerodendron serratum
• Tumburu – Winged prickly ash – Zanthoxylum alatum
• Shadgrantha – Sweet flag – Acorus calamus
• Granthi –long pepper –  Piper longum
• Dhanyaka – Cilantro leaf –  Coriander
• Agni – Plumbago zeylanica
• Yavaanaka – Wild Celery – Ajmoda-Trachyspermum roxburghianum
• Yavani – Trachyspermum ammi
• Amlavetasa – Creeping cucumber – Solena amplexicaulis
• Ajaji – Cuminum cyminum
• Hingu – Devils dung – Asa foetida
• Hapusha – Juniperus communis
• Karavi – Carum roxburghianum
• Vrishaka – Malabar nut – Adhatoda vasica
• Ooshaka – Grewia asiatica
• Nikumbha – Red physic nut – Baliospermum montanum
  
• Yavakshara – barley -Horedum vulgare
• Svarjikakshara
  
• Tushambu
• Dhanyamla – Sour gruel – Kanji
• Dadhi – Butter milk
• Ghrita – Ghee
• Gandhapalasha
• Trapusha – Cucumber small – Cucumis sativus
• Ervaru beeja – Muskmelon – Cucumis melo