Madhukadi ghee

Ghee cooked with four times its quantity of a decoction of liquorice, red sandalwood and sariva, four times cow's milk, sugar and a paste of the eight drugs of the kakoli group is said to destroy raktapitta quickly.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: मधुकादि घृत
Hindi: मधुकादि घृत
English: Madhukadi ghee

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated gheeTaken by mouthChapter 9 · p. 129 · v. 21

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु)	मधुक / मुलैटी	चतुर्गुण क्वाथ · decoction of liquorice, red sandalwood and sariva, four times the ghee
Raktachandana (red sanders)लाल चंदन (रक्तचंदन)	चंदन / लालचंदन	Not stated
Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा)	सारिबा / अनंतमूल	Not stated
Cow milk (go-ksheera)गाय का दूध (गोक्षीर)	दुग्ध / गोदुग्ध	चतुर्गुण गोदुग्ध · cow's milk, four times the ghee
Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता)	शर्करा / शक्कर	Not stated
Ashtavarga (eight rejuvenating herbs)अष्टवर्ग	काकोलिकाप्रभृति अष्टगण / काकोली, ़ीरकाकोली, जीवक, श्रषभक, मेदा, महामेदा, श्रद्दि, वृद्दि	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	घृत	Not stated

Preparation as described

Ghee is cooked with the fourfold decoction, fourfold cow's milk, sugar and the paste of the eight drugs.

मुलैटी, लालचंदन, अनंतमूल इनके चतुर्गुण क्वाथ, चतुर्गुण गोदुग्ध व शक्कर अैर काकोली, ़ीरकाकोली, जीवक, श्रषभक, मेदा, महामेदा, श्रद्दि, वृद्दि इन आठों द्रव्यों के कल्क के द्वारा सिद्द किए गए घृत

How it is used

The medicated ghee is taken.

घृत को सेवन करने से रक्रपित्त शीघ्र ही नाश होता है।

Indicated for, as the text says