Sukumara Ghrutham

Sukumara Ghrita is an Ayurvedic medicine, in herbal ghee form.used in the treatment of gynecological diseases.

Its usage:

It is used as medicine and also in preparatory procedure called snehakarma for the treatment of lower abdominal pain in women, abscess, hemorrhoids, menstrual pain, inflammation, constipation.
In women, as a daily tonic in lower doses for overall good health.
It is also used to improve skin complexion.
Effect on Tridosha – Calms Vata and Pitta.

Sukumara Ghrita Ingredients:

Punarnava – Boerhaavia diffusa – 4.8 kg

480 grams of each of

Bilva – Aegle marmelos

Agnimantha – Premna mucronata

Shyonaka – Oroxylum indicum

Patala – Stereospermum suaveolens

Gambhari – Gmelina arborea

Brihati – Solanum indicum

Kantakari – Solanum xanthocarpum

Gokshura – Tribulus terrestris

Shalaparni – Desmodium gangeticum

Prishnaparni – Uraria picta

Payasya (Kshirakakoli) – Roscoea purpurea

Ashwaganda – Withania somnifera

Eranda – Ricinus communis

Shatavari – Asparagus racemosus

Darbhamoola – Erianthus arundinaceum

Kushamoola – Desmostachya bipinnata

kashamoola – Saccharum spontaneum

Shara moola – Saccharum arundinaceum

Ikshumoola – Saccharum officinarum

Potagala moola – Typha elephantina

Water for decoction – 49.152 liters boiled and reduced to 6.144 liters.

Guda – Jaggery – 1.44 kg

Eranda taila – Castor oil – 768 g

ghee – 1.536 kg

Milk – 1.536 liters

96 grams of fine powder of each of

Krishna – Long pepper fruit

Krishnamoola – Long pepper root

Saindhava Lavana – rock salt

Yashti – Licorice – Glycyrrhiza glabra

Madhuka – Madhuka longifolia

Mridvika – Raisins

Yavani – Trachyspermum ammi

Nagara – ginger

All the ingredients are heated (processed in cow’s ghee) till gritha is prepared.

Reference:Ashtanga Hrudaya Sutrasthana, sahasrayog

Same ingredients are prepared to kashaya form, named sukumara kashayam.

Dosage:

Quarter to half teaspoon with water, usually before food, once or twice a day, or as directed by Ayurvedic doctor.

For Panchakarma preparation – Snehana procedure, the dose depends on the disease status