Citrakādi Taila

Citrakādi 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

Citraka API	Plumbago zeylanica	Rt.	16 g
Arkamūla (Arka API)	Calotropis procera	Rt.	16 g
Trivṛt API	Ipomoea turpethum	Rt.	16 g
Pāṭhā API	Cissampelos pareira	Rt.	16 g
Malapū (Phalgu API )	Ficus hispida	Rt. Bk.	16 g
Hayamāraka (Karav¢ra API)	Nerium indicum	Rt. Bk.	16 g
Sudhā (Snuhī API)	Euphorbia neriifolia	Rt.	16 g
Vacā API	Acorus calamus	Rz	16 g
Lāṅgalakī (Lāṅglī API )	Gloriosa superba	Rz./Rt.	16 g
Saptaparṇa API	Alstonia scholaris	St. Bk.	16 g
Suvarcikā (Svarjīkṣāra (API))	Crude alkaline earth	–	16 g
JyotiÀmatī API	Celastrus paniculatus	Sd.	16 g
Taila (Tila Taila API)	Sesame oil	–	768 g
Jala API	Potable Water	–	3.072 l

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Tila taila to prepare mūrcchita Tila taila.
• Treat Citraka to prepare Citraka - Śuddha, Karavira to prepare Karavīra - Śuddha, and Langali to prepare Langali- Śuddha powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder.
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 3 to 5, 8, 10 and 12 of the Formulation
• Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder.

Description

• Medicated oil, reddish brown in colour with a faint odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Bhagandara (Fistula- in- ano).

Dose

• External use for Abhyanga (massage on whole body) and local application.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400	1.4646 to 1.4665
Specific gravity at 400	0.8319 to 0.8539
Saponification value	185 to 200
Iodine value	100 to 102
Acid value	4 to 5
Peroxide value	Not more than 1