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Balā Taila

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Balā 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

Balā (API) Sida cordifolia Rt. 4.800 kg
Chinnaruhā (Guḍūcī API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 1.200 kg
Rāsnā API Pluchea lancolata [Alpinia officinarum (Official Substitute)] Rz. 0.600 kg
Jala API for decoction Potable Water 30.720 l
reduced to 3.072 l
Dadhimastu (Godadhi (API)) Whey from curd of cow milk 3.072 l
Ikṣu Niryāsa (Ikṣu API) Saccharum officinarum St. juice 3.072 l
Śukta (Kāñjika (API)) Sour gruel 3.072 l
Taila (Tila Taila API) Sesame oil 3.072 kg
Ājapaya (Ajādugdha (API)) Goat milk 1.536 l
Śaṭhī (Śaṭī API) Hedychium spicatum Rz. 48 g
Sarala API Pinus roxburghi Ht. Wd. 48 g
Dāru (Devadāru API) Cedrus deodara Ht. Wd. 48 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 48 g
Mañjiṣṭhā API Rubia cordifolia Rt. 48 g
Aguru (Agaru API) Aquilaria agallocha Ht. Wd. 48 g
Candana (Rakta candana API) Pterocarpus santalinus Ht. Wd. 48 g
Padmaka API Prunus cerasoides Ht. Wd. 48 g
Atibalā API Abutilon indicum Rt. 48 g
Mustā API Cyperus rotundus Rz. 48 g
Śūrpaparṇīdvaya
a. Mudgaparṇī API Phaseolus trilobus Pl. 48 g
b. Māṣaparṇī API Teramnus labialis Pl. 48 g
Hareṇu (Reṇukā (API)) Vitex agnus-castus [Vitex negundo (Official Substitute)] Fr. 48 g
Yaṣṭayāhva (Yaṣṭī API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 48 g
Surasa (Tulasī API) Ocimum sanctum Pl . 48 g
Vyāghranakha API Capparis sepiaria Fr. 48 g
Ṛṣabhaka (API) Microstylis wallichi [Pueraria tuberosa (Official Substitute)] Rt. Tr. 48 g
Jīvaka API Microstylis wallichi [Pueraria tuberosa (Official Substitute)] Rt .Tr. 48 g
Palāśa rasa (Palāśa (API)) Butea monosperma Exd. 48 g
Nīlikā (Nīlī API) Indigofera tinctoria Pl. 48 g
Jātikośa (Jātipatrī (API)) Myrstica fragrans Ar. 48 g
Spṛkkā API Anisomeles malabarica Pl. 48 g
Kuṅkuma API Crocus sativus Stmn./Stg. 48 g
Śaileya API Parmelia perlata Pl. 48 g
Jātikā (Jātīphala API) Myrstica fragrans Sd. 48 g
Kaṭphala API Myrica esculenta (= M. nagi) St. Bk. 48 g
Ambu (Hrīvera API) Coleus vettiveroides Rt. 48 g
Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylanicum St. Bk. 48 g
Kunduruka (Kunduru API) Boswellia serrata Exd. 48 g
Karpūra API Cinnamomum camphora Subl. Ext. of A. Pt. 48 g
Turuṣka API Liquidambar orientalis [Altingia excelsa (Official Substitute)] Exd. 48 g
Śrīnivāsaka (Sarala API) Pinus roxburghi Exd. 48 g
Lavaṅga API Syzygium aromaticum Fr. Bd. 48 g
Nakha (Vy¡ghranakha API) Capparis sepiaria Fr. 48 g
Kaṅkola API Piper cubeba Fr. 48 g
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 48 g
Māṃsī (JatāmāṃsīAPI) Nardostachys jatamansi Rz. 48 g
Priyaṅgu API Callicarpa macrophylla Fl. 48 g
Sthauṇeya API Taxus baccata Lf. 48 g
Tagara API Valeriana wallichi| Rz. 48 g
Dhyāma (Rohiṣa API) Cymbopogon martini Pl. 48 g
Vacā API Acorus calamus Rz. 48 g
Madanaka (Madana API) Randia dumetorum Fr. 48 g
Plava (Kaivarta Mustā (API) ) Cyperus scariosus Rz. 48 g
Nāgakesara (Nāgakeṣara API) Mesua ferrea Stmn. 48 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare mūrcchita Tila taila.
  • A day prior to the sneha pāka, iniate to prepare Mastu.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 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-tenth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
  • Wash and clean the cut pieces of Ikṣu, and squeeze the juice and strain through muslin cloth to obtain Ikṣu svarasa.[1]

Description

  • Medicated oil, light golden yellow in color with a pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Chardi (Emesis), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Asthma), Jvara (Fever), Mūrcchā (Syncope), Kṣata (Wound), Kṣaya (Pthisis), Apasmāra (Epilepsy), Vātavyādhi (Diseases due to Vata dosha), Plīhā (Splenic disease), Śoṣa (Cachexia).

Dose

  • 5-10 ml per day in divided doses; for external use as advised by the physician.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.451 to 1.468
Specific gravity at 400 0.915 to 0.940
Saponification value 188 to 200
Iodine value 80 to 100
Acid value 3 to 6
Peroxide value Not more than 6

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 69.