Prabhanjana vimardana Taila

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Prabhanjana vimardana Taila is a medicated oil preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with m£rcchita Tila taila as the basic ingredient.

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Treat Tila taila to prepare [[[murcchita]] Tila taila.
• A day prior to the sneha paka, prepare Godadhi.
• Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 11 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvatha dravya).
• Add water for decoction to the kvatha dravya and soak for 4 h, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvatha.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Vatagulma (abdominal lump due to Vata Dosha), Vatavidradhi (abscess due to Vata Dosha), Antravrddhi (Hernia), sula (pain), Ardita (facial palsy), Vataroga (diseases due to Vata Dosha /neurological disease), Katisula (lower backache), Prsthasula (lumbago), Mudhagarbha (malpresentation of the foetus).

Dose

• External application for Abhyanga.

Description

• Medicated oil, golden yellow in color with a pleasant odour.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400	1.451 to 1.464
Specific gravity at 400	0.908 to 0.945
Saponification value	187 to 204
Iodine value	84 to 95
Acid value	3 to 5
Peroxide value	Not more than 6