Abstract

MODE OF ACTION OF KALYANAK GHRITA

*Dr. Purvi V. Rajput

Abstract

Kalyanaka Ghrita improves memory and concentration. Kalyanaka Ghrita is especially useful in epilepsy, hysteria, mental weakness, and schizophrenia. Its use during pregnancy helps in better mental growth of fetus. Here is given more about this medicine, such as benefits, indication/therapeutic uses, composition and dosage. In Ayurveda, the broad range of psychiatric disorders is discussed under mental disorders. The affected person has a hampered higher mental function and distorted perception of reality. Among the various herbal and herbo-mineral preparations explained for the treatment of Unmada, majority are made of Ghrita (cow's ghee/clarified butter). Ghrita, the best drug of snehan, assimilates the properties of the substance which accompanies it. Ghrita is capable of treating the sickness as a single drug and in combination with several nootropic and mood stabilizing drugs. Ghrita opposes each of the aetiology of mental disorder at the level of constitution, diet and lifestyle. It is supposed to attenuate each stage of pathogenesis of the sickness. It enhances the quality of diet. The anti-oxidant property of clarified butter is able to repair the degenerative changes in brain. The DHA, an omega 3 long chain poly unsaturated fatty acid is abundant in ghee which is seen in retinal and brain cells. The chemical changes in the brain due to the disorder are also corrected by the ghee. So Ghrita and its various combinations can be the appropriate medicine in diseases where higher mental functions and psyche is grossly impaired. Ayurveda has many herbal and herbo-mineral formulations like kalyanak ghrita in different dosage forms for the treatment of mental disorders.

Keywords: Kalyanak Ghrita, Ghee, Triphala, OCD, Unmad, Mental Disorders.