Arimedādi taila

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.

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