Brahmi Ghrita (Brahmi Ghrta)
Medically Reviewed by Ayuveda Clinical Team (Lead Medical Reviewer: Dr. Nitin Mohite, BAMS, MBA • Medical Logic Developer, UK • Clinical Profile • LinkedIn).
To increase speech, voice, memory, and intellect.
Modern description
A medicated ghee formulation used to improve memory, speech, voice, and overall intellect.
Purpose
To increase speech, voice, memory, and intellect.
Indications
- Memory enhancement
- Improves intellect
- Mental clarity
- Reduces anxiety
- Stress
- Depression
- Epilepsy
- Improves speech
- Useful in neurological disorders
- ADHD
Classical indications
- Unmada (Insanity)
- Apasmara (Epilepsy)
- Graharogas (Diseases afflicted by evil spirits)
Karma
- Medhya
- Vatahara
- Balya
- Rasayana
Key ingredients
- Brahmi fresh juice or paste
- Ghrita
- Water
Adult dose
5-10 grams (approximately 1-2 teaspoons)
Pediatric dose
2.5-5 ml
Preparation steps
- Extract juice from Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri).
- Powder ingredients like Vacha, Kushtha, and Shankhapushpi.
- Prepare a paste by adding sufficient water to the powdered ingredients.
- Heat ghee (Ghrita).
- Add the prepared paste and Brahmi juice to the heated ghee.
- Continuously heat and stir the mixture until froth subsides and moisture evaporates.
- Heating is stopped when the paste rolled between fingers forms varti (wick).
- Filter and pack in tightly closed containers.
Toxic ingredients
- ['Unspecified']
Safety contraindications
- Contraindicated in individuals with known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients.
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Classical & Scientific References
- Classical source treatise: Ashtanga Hridaya, Uttarsthana.
- Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI), Part I & II, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
- Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Sharangadhara Samhita, and Sahasrayogam clinical guidelines.
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