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Balāhaṭhādi Taila

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Balāhaṭhādi 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. 153.6 g
2 haṭhā (Āmalakī API) Emblica officinalis Pl. 153.6 g
3 Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 153.6 g
4 Mudga API Phaseolus radiatus Sd. 153.6 g
5 Māṣa API Phaseolus mungo Sd. 153.6 g
6 Jala API for decoction Potable Water 12.288 l
reduced to 3.072 l
7 Tilodbhava (Tila Taila API) Sesame oil 768 g
8 Candana (Rakta Candana API) Pterocarpus santalinus Ht. Wd. 42.66 g
9 Āmaya (Kuṣṭha API) Saussurea lappa Rt .42.66 g
10 Yaṣṭī (Yaṣṭī API) Glycyrriza glabra Rt. 42.66 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare mūrcchita Tila taila.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 5 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.[1]

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

  • Śiroruja (Headache).

Dose

  • External application for shiro-abhyanga.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.455 to 1.462
Specific gravity at 400 0.929 to 0.936
Saponification value 175 to 190
Iodine value 84 to 94
Acid value 3 to 5
Peroxide value Not more than 6

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 71.