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Bṛhat Saindhavādya Taila

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Bṛhat Saindhavādya Taila is a medicated oil preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with mūrcchita Eraṇḍa taila as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Saindhava (Saindhava Lavaṇa (API)) Rock salt 24 g
Śreyasī (Gajapippalī API) Scindapsus officinalis Fr. 24 g
Rāsnā API Pluchea lanceolata [Alpinia galanga (Official Substitute)] Rt. 24 g
Śatapuṣpā (Śatāhvā API) Anethum sowa Fr. 24 g
Yamānikā (Yavānā API) Trachyspermum ammi Fr. 24 g
Sarjikā (Svarjīkṣāra (API)) Crude alkaline earth 24 g
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 24 g
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 24 g
Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 24 g
Sauvarcala (Sauvarcala Lava¸a (API)) Black salt 24 g
Viḍa (Via Lavaṇa) 24 g
Vacā API Acorus calamus Rz. 24 g
Ajamodā API Apium leptophyllum Fr. 24 g
Madhuka (Yaṣṭī API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 24 g
Jīraka (Śveta Jīraka API) Cuminum cyminum Fr. 24 g
Pauṣkara (Puṣkara API) Inula racemosa Rt. 24 g
Kaṇā (Pippalī API) Piper longum Fr. 24 g
Eraṇḍa Taila (API) Castor oil 768 g
Śatapuṣpajāmbu (Śatāhvā API) Anethum sowa Fr. 3.0720 l
Jala API for phaṇṭa Potable Water - 768 g
Kāñjika (API) Sour gruel 1.536 l
Mastu (Godadhi (API)) Curd whey from cow milk 1.536 l

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Eraṇḍa taila to prepare mūrcchita Eraṇḍa taila.
  • A day prior to the sneha pāka, iniate to prepare Mastu.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredient number 19 of the Formulation Composition, powder 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.[1]

Description

  • Medicated oil, golden yellow in color, odour unpleasant and characteristic of castor oil.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Ānāha (Distension of abdomen), Āntravṛddhi (Hernia), Mūtrakṛcchra (Dysuria), Aśmarī (Calculus), Hṛtśūla (Angina pectoris), Pārśvaśūla (Intercostal neuralgia and polydynia), Ardita (Facial palsy), Āmavāta (Rheumatism), Sandhigata vāta (Osteoarthropathy), Mandāgni (Reduced digestive fire), vāta roga (Diseases due to vata dosha), Kaṭiśūla (Lower backache), Jānuśūla (Pain in the knee), Ūruśūla (Pain in the thigh region), Pṛṣṭhaśūla (Backache), Bāhyāyāma (Opisthotonus).

Dose

  • 5 ml per day in divided doses, also used for Abhyanga and Basti

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.460 to 1.467
Specific gravity at 400 0.947 to 0.974
Saponification value 178 to 200
Iodine value 70 to 90
Acid value 5 to 10
Peroxide value Not more than 5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 75.