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Bhṛṅgarāja Taila

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Bhrngaraja Taila is a medicated oil preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with murcchita Tila taila as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
  • Treat Gairika to prepare Gairika - áuddha.
  • Take fresh Bhrngaraja and wash thoroughly with water. Grind and filter through muslin cloth to obtain svarasa.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 3 to 6 and 8 to 14 of the Formulation Composition,

powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) (kalka dravya).[1]

Description

  • A medicated oil, light brownish yellow in color with a pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Kesapata (loss of hair), Netraroga (diseases of eyes), Kar¸aroga (diseases of ear), shiroroga (diseases of head), Manyastambha (neck rigidity/torticollis), Galagraha (difficulty in swallowing), Khalitya (premature baldness), Indralupta (Alopecia areata).

Dose

  • External application over the scalp for shiro-Abhyanga.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.451 to 1.464
Specific gravity at 400 0.910 to 0.932
Saponification value 188 to 194
Iodine value 90 to 100
Acid value 3 to 6
Peroxide value Not more than 6

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 73.