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Arimedādi taila

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Arimedādi taila is a medicated oil preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with mūrcchita Tila taila as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Khadira API Acacia catechu Wd. 9.600 kg
Arimedavalka (Arimeda API) Acacia leucophloea St. Bk. 4.800 kg
Jala API for decoction Potable Water 49.152 l
reduced to 12.288l
Taila (Tila Taila API) Sesame oil 3.072 kg
Sevya (Uśīra API) Vetiveria zizanioides Rt. 12 g
Ambu (Hrīvera API) Coleus vettiveroides Rt. 12 g
Pattaṅga API Caesalpinia sappan Ht. Wd. 12 g
Gairika API- Śuddha Red ochre 12 g
Candanadvaya
a. Śveta candana API Santalum album Ht. Wd. 12 g
b. Rakta candana API Pterocarpus santalinus Ht. Wd . 12 g
Rodhra (Lodhra API) Symplocos racemosa St. Bk. 12 g
Puṇḍrāhva (Prapauṇḍarīka API) Nelumbo nucifera Fl. 12 g
Yaṣṭyāhva (Yaṣṭī API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 12 g
Lākṣā (API ) Lacca laccifera Secretion of Lac insect 12 g
Añjanadvaya
a. Rasāñjana (API) Berberis aristata St. Ext. 12 g
b. Sauvīrāñjana (API) - áuddha Lead sulphide 12 g
Dhātakī API Woodfordia fruticosa Fl. 12 g
Kaṭphala API Myrica esculenta St. Bk. 12 g
Dviniśā
a. Haridrā API Cu rcuma longa Rz. 12 g
b. Dāruharidrā API Berberis aristata St. 12 g
Triphlā
a. Haritaki API Terminalia chebula P. 12 g
b. Bibhitaka API Terminalia belerica P. 12 g
c. Āmalaki API Emblica officinalis P. 12 g
Caturjāta
a. Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylanicum St. Bk . 12 g
b. Sūkṣmailā API Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 12 g
c. Tvakpatra API Cinnamomum tamala Lf. 12 g
d. Nāgakeśara API Mesua ferra Stmn. 12 g
Joṅgaka (Agaru API) Aquilaria agallocha Ht. Wd. 12 g
Musta (Mustā API) Cyperus rotundus Rz. 12 g
Mañjiṣthā API Rubia cordifolia St. 12 g
Nyagrodhapraroha (Nyagrodha API) Ficus benghalensis A. R. 12 g
Māṃsī (JaṭāMāṃsī API) Nardostachys jatamansi Rz./ Rt. 12 g
Yavāsaka API Alhagi pseudalhagi Pl. 12 g
Padmaka API Prunus cerasoides Ht. Wd. 12 g
Aileya (Elavāluka API) Prunus avium St. Bk. 12 g
Samaṅg¡ (Lajjālu API) Mimosa pudica Pl. 12 g
Jātīpatrikā (Jātīphalā API) Myristica fragrans Ar. 48 g
J¡tīphala API Myristica fragrans Sd. 48 g
Lavaṅga API Syzygium aromaticum Fl. Bd. 48 g
Kaṅkolikā (Kaṅkola API) Piper cubeba Fr. 48 g
Karpūra API Cinnamomum camphora Subl. Ext. of A. Pt. 192 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare Mūrcchita Tila taila.
  • Treat Gairika to prepare Gairika - Śuddha and Sauvirāñjana to prepare Sauvirāñjana - shuuddha.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 and 2 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvātha dravya).
  • Add water for decoction to the kvātha dravya and soak for 4 h, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
  • Wash, dry the ingredients numbered 5 to 7, 9 to 13 and 15 to 33 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder.[1]

Description

  • Medicated oil, yellowish red in colour with a pleasant odour.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Mukha roga (Diseases of mouth), Danta roga (Disease of tooth), Nāsā roga (Diseases of nose).

Dose

  • 5 to 10 drops per nostril.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.4646 to 1.4665
Specific gravity at 400 0.8123 g to 0.8388
Saponification value 180 to 190
Iodine value Not more than 1
Acid value 2 to 3
Peroxide value Not more than 6

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 61.