Dhenushakti Gel
Instant Calcium, Phosphorus & Energy Support System
Dhenushakti Gel is an oral gel formulated for the moments when an animal needs calcium, phosphorus, and energy immediately — not in hours, but now. After calving, during milk fever, or when an animal is too weak to stand, the body's mineral and energy systems have collapsed faster than any liquid supplement can address. Dhenushakti Gel's high-viscosity oral gel format delivers rapidly available calcium and phosphorus alongside instant glucose energy and Ayurvedic lactation-support herbs in a single administration — restoring the mineral and energy foundation the body needs to stabilise, stand, and begin producing.
The Cow Has Just Calved. She Cannot Stand.
The cow calved and is lying down and not getting up. Or she calved yesterday and today she is trembling, walking unsteadily, and the milk has not come. The farmer knows something is wrong.
Calving is the single highest-demand mineral event in a dairy animal's life. During the final weeks of pregnancy, the developing calf draws enormous quantities of calcium and phosphorus from the mother's reserves to build its skeletal system. At the moment of birth, the mammary gland switches on and begins drawing calcium into milk production at a rate the bloodstream cannot immediately match.
When blood calcium falls below the threshold for normal nerve and muscle function, the animal loses the ability to sustain muscular contraction. The muscles that hold the animal upright cannot fire correctly. The animal goes down. This is milk fever — and it is a medical emergency.
The calcium crisis does not arrive alone. Calving simultaneously depletes phosphorus — required alongside calcium for neuromuscular function — and the enormous physical effort of labour exhausts glucose energy reserves. The result is an animal in simultaneous mineral, energy, and physiological collapse.
Every minute that passes without intervention allows the collapse to deepen. An animal down for several hours is significantly harder to restore than one that receives support in the first hour.
Blood calcium crashes the moment the mammary gland switches on
The body cannot raise calcium fast enough through dietary absorption or bone mobilisation. The deficit is immediate. The window to intervene is measured in hours.
Phosphorus deficiency compounds the collapse
Animals receiving calcium alone but still phosphorus-deficient respond incompletely. This is one of the most common reasons animals require multiple calcium interventions after calving. Dhenushakti Gel addresses both minerals simultaneously.
Labour exhausts glucose energy reserves
Calcium tells the muscle to contract — glucose provides the fuel that contraction requires. Calcium restoration alone in an energy-depleted animal produces incomplete recovery. The muscles receive the nerve signal but cannot respond.
The same collapse occurs in animals weakened by prolonged illness
Any condition that has depleted mineral and energy reserves over days leaves the animal in the same biological state. These animals are not in acute milk fever — but they need the same immediate mineral and energy restoration.
Biological Functions. Systematically Rebuilt.
Not general benefits. Specific biological restorations — each tied to an observable outcome the farmer will see.
Blood Calcium Level
Neuromuscular and cardiovascular systems
Animal regains ability to standPhosphorus Balance
Skeletal and neuromuscular systems
Stands steadily, hindquarter strength returnsGlucose Energy Availability
Whole-body metabolic and muscular systems
Alert almost immediately, attempts to standMilk Production Initiation
Mammary metabolic system
Udder fills, milk letdown occurs normallyPost-Calving Physical Strength
Whole-body recovery system
Rises, walks, begins eating within hoursElectrolyte & Mineral Stability
Systemic mineral balance
Trembling stops, normal response returnsWhat Makes This Formulation Work
PhytoCraft formulations are not ingredient lists. They are systems — each complex selected for a specific biological function, each validated through Ayurvedic therapeutic science and field outcomes. We do not publish our formulations. We publish what they do.
Rapid Calcium Delivery Complex
Ayurvedic Class: Asthi-Poshak · BalyaWhat it does?
Provides calcium in rapidly bioavailable forms that enter systemic circulation quickly through the oral route — specifically selected for absorption speed in the depleted post-calving gut.
Why it matters?
Standard calcium supplements take hours to raise blood calcium meaningfully. This complex is formulated for speed. In a downed animal, the difference between a calcium source that absorbs in 30 minutes and one that absorbs in 3 hours is the difference between an animal that stands today and one that does not.
Phosphorus Restoration Complex
Ayurvedic Class: Dhatu-Vardhak · Asthi-PoshakWhat it does?
Restores phosphorus availability alongside calcium — addressing the frequently overlooked second half of the mineral crash that follows calving and illness.
Why it matters?
Phosphorus and calcium work together at the nerve-muscle interface. An animal receiving calcium alone but still phosphorus-deficient will respond incompletely. This is one of the most common reasons animals require multiple calcium interventions after calving. Dhenushakti Gel addresses both minerals simultaneously.
Instant Energy Complex
Ayurvedic Class: Balya · BrimhanaWhat it does?
Delivers immediately available glucose energy to an animal whose reserves have been exhausted by the physical demands of labour and the metabolic crisis of mineral collapse.
Why it matters?
Calcium tells the muscle to contract — glucose provides the fuel that contraction requires. An animal that receives calcium but no energy support may regain some neurological stability but lacks the muscular energy to actually stand and sustain normal activity.
Electrolyte Stabilisation Complex
Ayurvedic Class: Dhatuposhak · BalyaWhat it does?
Provides essential electrolytes — sodium, potassium, magnesium, and chloride — that are simultaneously disrupted when calcium and phosphorus collapse.
Why it matters?
Mineral crises do not occur in isolation. When calcium and phosphorus fall, the broader electrolyte balance is disturbed — affecting heart rhythm, fluid balance, and cellular function across every tissue. This complex stabilises that broader mineral environment while the primary calcium and phosphorus restoration proceeds.
Ayurvedic Lactation Support Complex
Ayurvedic Class: Stanya-Janana · VrushyaWhat it does?
Classical Ayurvedic galactagogue and mammary support botanicals that support the initiation and establishment of normal milk letdown and production in the hours following calving.
Why it matters?
Milk production initiation requires more than restored calcium — it requires the hormonal and physiological conditions for milk letdown to function normally. The Stanya-Janana class addresses the lactation initiation dimension of post-calving recovery that mineral and energy supplementation alone cannot cover.
The Root Cause. The Chain. The Fix.
Calving / Prolonged Illness
Blood calcium, phosphorus, and glucose deplete simultaneously
Neuromuscular Collapse
Animal cannot sustain muscle contraction · Goes down · Milk fever signs
Deepening Crisis
Every hour without intervention worsens the collapse and narrows the recovery window
Dhenushakti Gel
Rapidly available calcium, phosphorus, glucose, and electrolytes in high-absorption oral gel
Stabilisation
Mineral levels restore · Animal stands · Milk begins · Recovery confirmed
Delivers rapidly bioavailable calcium in forms selected for maximum absorption speed in the depleted post-calving gut
Raising blood calcium faster than standard oral calcium supplementation — because in a downed animal, speed is the only variable that matters.
Simultaneously restores phosphorus balance — the second component calcium alone cannot correct
Addressing the incomplete recovery that occurs when calcium is given without phosphorus — the most common reason a treated animal requires multiple interventions.
Provides immediate glucose energy to the muscles that calcium has signalled to contract
Without energy substrate, restored nerve signalling cannot produce standing and sustained movement. The energy complex closes the gap between mineral restoration and actual physical recovery.
Supports milk letdown initiation through Ayurvedic Stanya-Janana botanical actives
Addressing the lactation dimension of post-calving recovery that mineral supplementation does not cover — supporting the hormonal and physiological conditions for normal milk letdown in the first hours after delivery.
Situations This Product Is Built For
Immediately after calving — routine post-calving support
Every calving depletes calcium, phosphorus, and glucose to a degree that warrants immediate restoration — even in animals that appear to be standing and functioning normally. Sub-clinical hypocalcaemia affects a significant proportion of dairy animals after calving without producing obvious signs of collapse. Dhenushakti Gel used routinely after every calving prevents the sub-clinical deficit from deepening into clinical milk fever.
Before calving — in animals identified as high risk
Animals with a history of milk fever, animals carrying twins, older high-producing cows, and animals in the final stage of a high-demand pregnancy. Administering two bottles in the 6 to 12 hours before expected calving builds a mineral and energy reserve that significantly reduces the severity of the post-calving calcium drop.
When the animal shows signs of milk fever after calving
Muscle trembling, unsteady walking, inability to stand, cold extremities, bloat, and reduced consciousness after calving. Dhenushakti Gel is the immediate oral intervention — give it the moment these signs appear while preparing for veterinary assessment.
In weak animals following prolonged illness
Any animal that has been ill for an extended period and is showing severe physical weakness — difficulty standing, poor appetite, low energy, muscle trembling — has the same mineral and energy deficit as a post-calving animal. Dhenushakti Gel provides the immediate mineral and energy restoration the body needs.
When milk does not come after calving
An animal that has calved but is not letting milk down, or whose udder is not filling normally in the first hours after delivery, has a lactation initiation failure that frequently has a mineral and energy component. Dhenushakti Gel's Ayurvedic lactation support complex addresses the physiological dimension alongside the mineral restoration.
In sheep and goat after difficult or multiple births
Small ruminants carrying twins or triplets and those that have had difficult deliveries are at high risk of hypocalcaemia and energy depletion. Dhenushakti Gel at the 150g small ruminant dose addresses this immediately — without requiring veterinary injection in field conditions.
Situations Where This Is Not the Right Response
In a fully collapsed animal that is unconscious or cannot swallow
An animal that cannot swallow safely cannot receive any oral product — attempting to administer gel to an animal that cannot protect its airway risks aspiration. A completely collapsed, unresponsive animal requires parenteral calcium injection. Call your veterinarian immediately. Dhenushakti Gel is for animals that are weak, trembling, or unsteady but still conscious and able to swallow.
As a permanent substitute for diagnosing recurring milk fever
An animal that experiences milk fever at every calving has an underlying mineral management problem that requires veterinary assessment and long-term management. Dhenushakti Gel manages each episode effectively but does not prevent the next one if the root cause is not addressed.
Without veterinary consultation in animals with cardiac irregularities
Animals showing severe cardiac signs — irregular heartbeat, extreme bradycardia — alongside hypocalcaemia require veterinary supervision for mineral restoration. Oral gel is safer than IV calcium in this context but veterinary guidance is still appropriate.
Observable Changes. In Hours, Not Days.
Dhenushakti Gel is an emergency product. The recovery timeline is measured in hours. These are the specific responses to look for after administration.
If there is no response within 2 hours of administration — the animal is not becoming more alert, not attempting to stand, and showing no reduction in trembling — call your veterinarian immediately. A lack of oral response after 2 hours indicates the blood calcium level requires parenteral intervention that oral supplementation alone cannot provide at this stage.
First Response
Stabilisation
Recovery Confirmed
By Situation and Species
Dhenushakti Gel dosage is situation-based — the protocol changes depending on when and why it is being used.
Where Dhenushakti Gel Sits in the Recovery Arc
Dhenushakti Gel is the first intervention in the PhytoCraft recovery sequence — the product that stops the collapse. What happens after it is for the recovery range that follows.
When does it begin?
Dhenushakti Gel begins at the moment of the crisis — or before it, in animals identified as high risk before calving. It is not a recovery product that follows treatment. It is the immediate intervention at the point of mineral and energy collapse. Its entry point is earlier than any other product in the PhytoCraft range — at the moment of calving, at the first signs of milk fever, or at the point when a weak animal is identified as requiring urgent mineral and energy support.
What biological stage does it address?
Dhenushakti Gel acts on the acute mineral and energy collapse stage — the hours immediately around calving or the period of severe weakness following prolonged illness where blood calcium, phosphorus, and glucose have fallen below the threshold for normal neuromuscular and metabolic function. This is the most time-critical stage in the entire recovery arc. The biological window is measured in hours, not days. Every hour without calcium and energy restoration allows the collapse to deepen and the recovery window to narrow.
What happens if this stage is skipped?
Without immediate calcium, phosphorus, and glucose restoration at the point of collapse, the animal deteriorates progressively. Muscles accumulate damage. Rumen motility stops. Cardiovascular efficiency drops. An animal that could have stood within two hours with appropriate support may require days of intensive veterinary intervention if the mineral collapse is allowed to deepen. Secondary complications develop in animals that remain down without support. In the most severe cases without intervention, milk fever is fatal.
How long does it remain relevant?
Dhenushakti Gel's acute intervention window is 3 days for routine post-calving use and 4 days for weak animals. The signal that tells the farmer this stage is complete is specific and unmistakable — the animal is standing, moving, eating, drinking, and producing milk without any sign of mineral distress, stable for 24 hours. The recovery that follows is addressed by the Post-Treatment Recovery range products that follow Dhenushakti Gel in the recovery sequence.
What You Need to Know Before Using This Product
Precautions
- Do not administer to an animal that cannot swallow safely — a fully collapsed, unresponsive animal cannot protect its airway and is at risk of aspiration. Parenteral calcium is required for animals in this state. Call your veterinarian immediately
- Do not exceed the recommended dose believing more will produce faster recovery. Excessive oral calcium in a short period can cause digestive disturbance and does not accelerate the absorption rate. Follow the dosage protocol precisely
- If the animal does not show improvement within 2 hours of administration or shows signs of deterioration — increasing muscle weakness, loss of consciousness, irregular heartbeat — call your veterinarian immediately. These signs indicate the need for parenteral calcium therapy that oral supplementation cannot replace at this stage
- If milk fever recurs within 24 hours of apparent recovery, do not administer a third dose without veterinary assessment. Recurring milk fever requires parenteral intervention and an investigation into the underlying mineral management problem
- For sheep and goat, use exactly half the bottle — 150g. Do not estimate. Administer carefully using a small drench syringe for accuracy
- Keep the animal in a standing or sternal position for at least 30 minutes after oral gel administration. Do not leave a recovering animal unattended in the first hour
Storage
- Store between 15°C and 30°C. Avoid temperature extremes — both heat and cold affect the gel consistency and may alter the absorption characteristics of the calcium complex
- Keep away from direct sunlight. Store in a cool, shaded location — UV exposure and heat together accelerate the degradation of the Ayurvedic botanical actives in the formulation
- Keep the nozzle sealed tightly after each use. The gel matrix is sensitive to air exposure which can dry the nozzle and affect dispensing accuracy on the next use
- Do not store near pesticides, fertilisers, or chemical inputs.
- Keep out of reach of children and non-target animals. The gel is palatable and may be consumed if left accessible
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