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Prasaarini Taila is a medicated oil preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with m£rcchita Tila taila as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Pras¡ra¸¢ (Pras¡ri¸¢ API) | Paederia foetida | Pl. | 4.8 kg |
| Jala API for decoction | Potable water | – | 12.288 l |
| reduced to | 3.072 l | ||
| Taila (Tila Taila API) | Sesame oil | – | 3.072 kg |
| Dadhi (Godadhi (API)) | Curd from cow milk | – | 3.072 kg |
| K¡µjika (API) | Sour gruel | – | 3.072 l |
| KÀ¢ra (Godugdha API) | Cow milk | – | 12.288 l |
| Madhuka (YaÀ¶¢ API) | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 32 g |
| Pippal¢m£la (Pippal¢ API) | Piper longum | St. | 32 g |
| Citraka API | Plumbago zeylanica | Rt. | 32 g |
| Saindhava (Saindhava Lava¸a (API)) | Rock salt | – | 32 g |
| Vac¡ API | Acorus calamus | Rz. | 32 g |
| Pras¡ri¸¢ API | Paederia foetida | Pl. | 32 g |
| Devad¡ru API | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 32 g |
| R¡sn¡ API | Pluchea lanceolata [Alpinia galanga (Official Substitute)] | Rz | . 32 g |
| Gajapippal¢ API | Scindapsus officinalis | Fr. | 32 g |
| Bhall¡ta (Bhall¡taka API) - áuddha | Semecarpus anacardium | Fr. | 32 g |
| áatapuÀp¡ (áat¡hv¡ API) | Anethum sowa | Fr. | 32 g |
| M¡Æs¢ (Ja¶¡m¡Æs¢ API) | Nardostachys jatamansi | Rz. | 32 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
- A day prior to the sneha paka, iniate to prepare Godadhi.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 of the Formulation Composition, powder and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvatha dravya).
- Add water for decoction to the kvatha dravya and soak for 4 h, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvatha.[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, brownish yellow in colour with a pleasant odour.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Hanustambha (lockjaw), Katistambha (restricted movement of the lumbo-sacral region), Grdhrasi (Sciatica), Khauja (limp), Kaubja (hump/kyphosis), Pangutva (paraplegia), Vataslesmaroga (diseases due to Vata and Kapha Dosha), Ardita (facial palsy), Prsthastambha (stiffness of back), siro-griv¡-stambha (stiffness of head and neck).
Dose
- 15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.457 to 1.461 |
| Specific gravity at 400 | 0.906 to 0.936 |
| Saponification value | 190 to 200 |
| Iodine value | 80 to 90 |
| Acid value | 3 to 6 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 99.
