Ghritham

GHRITHAM:

In Ayruveda, we use a variety of drugs in their different prepared forms. According to the mode of preparation, the benefit from the medicine also varies. The drugs we use are herbal, and using different parts of the plant in different forms give different effects. Some of the drugs are powdered and we use different methods to prepare medicine, so that maximum medicinal contents can be extracted.

Ghritha by maintaining its own properties it increases the qualities of the drugs which are used for processing.The normal Ghee that we process from cows milk itself has a very good medicinal property.

Ghritha preparation is also like Thaila instead of using oil in Thaila, we use ghee in Ghrita. The benefit of Ghrita and Thaila among other drugs, is that they contain fat soluble contents of medicines.

Maha Tikthakam Gritham, Gulggulu Thikthakam Gritham, Panchagavya Gritham etc.. are some of the ghritha preparation explained in classics.