Balāguḍūcyādi Taila

Balāguḍūcyādi Taila is a liquid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Tila Taila as the basic ingredient..

Formulation composition

Balā API	Sida cordifolia	Rt.	256 g
Guḍūcī API	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	256 g
Surapādapa (Devadāru API)	Cedrus deodara	Ht.Wd.	256 g
Jala API for decoction	Water		12.29 l
Reduced to			3.07 l
Jaṭā (Jaṭāmāṣsī API)	Nardostachys jatamansi		Rt./Rz. 16 g
Āmaya (Kuṣṭha API)	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	16 g
Candana (Rakta candana API)	Pterocarpus santalinus	Ht.Wd.	16 g
Kunduruṣka (Kunduru API)	Boswellia serrata	Exd.	16 g
Nata (Tagara API)	Valeriana wallichi	Rt.	16 g
Aśvagandhā API	Withania somnifera	Rt.	16 g
Sarala API	Pinus roxburghi	Ht.Wd.	16 g
Rāsnā API	Alpinia galanga (Official substitute)	Rz.	16 g
Taila (Tila Taila API)	Sesamum indicum.	Oil	768 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly.
• Treat Tila taila to prepare Mūrchita Taila.
• Pulverize the dried ingredients numbered 1to 3 (kvātha dravya) to a coarse powder and add the specified quantity of water, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth.
• Filter with muslin cloth to obtain kvātha

Description

• A medicated oil, dark reddish brown in color with pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• In conditions of Vāta-rakta (Gout) and Raktagata-Vāta (Hypertension), Śopha (Oedema), Skandhagata Vāta (Frozen shoulder).

Dose

• External application for Abhyanga.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400	1.455 to 1.460
Weight per ml at 400	0.915 g to 0.930 g
Saponification value	180 to 195
Iodine value	80 to 100
Acid value	Not more than 5
Peroxide value	Not more than 5