Prasaarini Taila

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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.

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.

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.