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'''Gandharvahasta Taila''' is a liquid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition described below with Tila Taila as the basic ingredient.
==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"| Gandharva hasta mūla (Eraṇḍa API)||[[ Ricinus communis ]]||Rt.|| 4.8 k g|-| Yava API ||[[Hordeum vulgare]]|| Sd. ||3.07 kg|-| Nāgara (Śuṇṭhī API) ||[[Zingiber officinale]] || Rz.|| 96 g|-| Jala API for decoction ||Water|| || 24.58 l |-|Reduced to|||||| 6.14 l|-| Kṣīra (Godugdha API) ||Cow’s milk || || 1.54 l|-| Eraṇḍa API ||Taila Ricinus communis|| Oil ||768 g|-| Gandharvahasta mūla (Eraṇḍa API) ||[[Ricinus communis]]|| Rt.|| 192 g|-| Śuṇṭhī API ||[[Zingiber officinale]]|| Rz. ||48 g|}
==Method of preparation==
*Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
*Wash and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly.
*Treat Era´²a Eraṇḍa taila to prepare Mūrchita Era´²a Eraṇḍa Taila (Appendix 6.2.8.1).
*Pulverize the dried ingredients numbered 1 to 3 (kvātha dravya) to a coarse powder, add required amount of water, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth.
*Filter with muslin cloth to obtain [[kvātha]]. *Take the other ingredients ([[kalka ]] dravyas) numbered 7 and 8 of the formulation composition, dry, powder and pass through sieve number 85.
*Transfer the powdered ingredients to wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare a homogeneous blend.
*Take Mūrchita Taila in a stainless steel vessel and heat it mildly. <ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Description==
*A medicated oil, yellowish brown in color with characteristic odour.
==Storage==
*Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
==Therapeutic uses==
*Vidradhi (Abscess), Plīhā (Enlargement of spleen), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Udāvarta (Upward movement of gases), Śopha (Oedema), Udara (Diseases of abdomen) and MahāVāta roga (Major neurological disorders).
==Dose==
*6 to12 ml daily in divided doses.
==Anupāna==
*Warm water.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Refractive index at 40 degree||1.451 to 1.460
|-
|Weight per ml at 400 degree|| 0.975 g to 0.985 g
|-
|Saponification value||180 to 200
|-
|Iodine value||75 to 100
|-
|Acid value||Not more than 4
|-
|Peroxide value|| Not more than 2
|}
==References==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Abscess]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Enlargement of spleen]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Abdominal lump]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Upward movement of gases]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Oedema]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases of abdomen]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Major neurological disorders]]
