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Balāguḍūcyādi Taila

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Balāguḍūcyādi Taila is a liquid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Tila Taila as the basic ingredient..

Formulation composition

Balā API Sida cordifolia Rt. 256 g
Guḍūcī API Tinospora cordifolia St. 256 g
Surapādapa (Devadāru API) Cedrus deodara Ht.Wd. 256 g
Jala API for decoction Water 12.29 l
Reduced to 3.07 l
Jaṭā (Jaṭāmāṣsī API) Nardostachys jatamansi Rt./Rz. 16 g
Āmaya (Kuṣṭha API) Saussurea lappa Rt. 16 g
Candana (Rakta candana API) Pterocarpus santalinus Ht.Wd. 16 g
Kunduruṣka (Kunduru API) Boswellia serrata Exd. 16 g
Nata (Tagara API) Valeriana wallichi Rt. 16 g
Aśvagandhā API Withania somnifera Rt. 16 g
Sarala API Pinus roxburghi Ht.Wd. 16 g
Rāsnā API Alpinia galanga (Official substitute) Rz. 16 g
Taila (Tila Taila API) Sesamum indicum. Oil 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare Mūrchita Taila.
  • Pulverize the dried ingredients numbered 1to 3 (kvātha dravya) to a coarse powder and add the specified quantity of water, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth.
  • Filter with muslin cloth to obtain kvātha[1]

Description

  • A medicated oil, dark reddish brown in color with pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • In conditions of Vāta-rakta (Gout) and Raktagata-Vāta (Hypertension), Śopha (oedema), Skandhagata Vāta (frozen shoulder).

Dose

  • External application for Abhyanga.

Anupāna

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.455 to 1.460
Weight per ml at 400 0.915 g to 0.930 g
Saponification value 180 to 195
Iodine value 80 to 100
Acid value Not more than 5
Peroxide value Not more than 5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 116.