Gandharvahasta Taila

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

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly.
• Treat Era´²a taila to prepare Mūrchita Era´²a Taila (Appendix 6.2.8.1).
• Pulverize the dried ingredients numbered 1 to 3 (kvātha dravya) to a coarse powder, add required amount of water, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth.
• Filter with muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
• Take the other ingredients (kalka dravyas) numbered 7 and 8 of the formulation composition, dry, powder and pass through sieve number 85.
• Transfer the powdered ingredients to wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare a homogeneous blend.
• Take Mūrchita Taila in a stainless steel vessel and heat it mildly.

Description

• A medicated oil, yellowish brown in color with characteristic odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Vidradhi (abscess), Plīhā (enlargement of spleen), Gulma (abdominal lump), Udāvarta (upward movement of gases), Śopha (oedema), Udara (diseases of abdomen) and MahāVāta roga (major neurological disorders).

Dose

• 6 to12 ml daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water.