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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.
Contents
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
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 75.
Categories:
- Formulations
- Ayurvedic Medicine
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Distension of abdomen
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Hernia
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Dysuria
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Calculus
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Angina pectoris
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Intercostal neuralgia and polydynia
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Facial palsy
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Rheumatism
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Osteoarthropathy
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Reduced digestive fire
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases due to vata dosha
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Lower backache
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Pain in the knee
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Pain in the thigh region
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Backache
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Opisthotonus
