'Ayurveda Shastra' (आयुर्वेद शास्त्र) defines Shata Dhauta Ghrita as cow’s ghee, washed 100 times with cold water. Shata Dhauta Ghrita is a timeless beauty recipe derived from 5000-year-old Ayurvedic text Charaka Samhita. The process of making Shata Dhauta Ghrita is called "Dhauta Smaskara," wherein pure ghee is washed 100 times in a sacred copper vessel.
It's effects (गुणाः) in the shastras are defined as (cooling potency) शीतलम्, स्निग्धम् (nourishing), मृदु (complexion enhancing), त्वच्यं (soothing), वातपित्तहरम् (promoting wound healing). It pacifies the effects of heat (pitta) & dryness and roughness (vata) on the skin.
A classical Ayurveda skin formulation, ghee is washed 100 times in a copper vessel to possess the detoxifying & cooling properties of copper metal and transforming ghee fat into nano fat particles that seep to the deepest skin layers nourishing and healing skin cells from within.
