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Mahaanaarayana Taila
Mahanarayana 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.
Contents
Formulation composition
| 1 Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | St. Bk. | 960 g |
| 2 A¿vagandh¡ API | Withania somnifera | Rt. | 960 g |
| 3 B¤hat¢ API | Solanum indicum | Pl. | 960 g |
| 4 ávadaÆÀ¶r¡ (GokÀura API) | Tribulus terrestris | Pl. | 960 g |
| 5 áyon¡ka API | Oroxylum indicum | St. Bk. | 960 g |
| 6 V¡¶y¡laka (Bal¡ (API)) | Sida cordifolia | Rt. | 960 g |
| 7 P¡ribhadra API | Erythrina indica | Rt. | 960 g |
| 8 KÀudr¡ (Ka¸¶ak¡r¢ API) | Solanum surattense | Pl. | 960 g |
| 9 Ka¶hill¡ (Rakta Punarnav¡ API) | Boerhavia diffusa | Pl. | 960 g |
| 10 Atibal¡ API | Abutilon indicum | Rt. | 960 g |
| 11 Agnimantha API | Clerodendrum phlomidis [Premna integrifolia (Official Substitute)] | St. Bk. | 960 g |
| 12 Sara¸¢ (Pras¡ri¸¢ API) | Paedaria foetida | Pl. | 960 g |
| 13 P¡¶al¢ (P¡¶al¡ API) | Stereospermum suaveolens | St. Bk. | 960 g |
| 14 Jala API for decoction | Potable Water | – | 98.304 l |
| reduced to 24.576 l | |||
| 15 Taila (Tila Taila API) | Sesame oil | – | 6.144 kg |
| 16 Godugdha∗ API | Cow milk | – | 6.144 kg |
| 17 áat¡var¢rasa (áat¡var¢ API) | Asparagus racemosus | Rt. Tr. juice | 6.144 l |
| 18 R¡sn¡ API | Pluchea lanceolata [Alpinia galanga (Official substitute)] | Rt. | 96 g |
| 19 A¿vagandh¡ API | Withania somnifera | Rt. | 96 g |
| 20 MiÀi (Mi¿rey¡ API) | Foeniculum vulgare | Fr. | 96 g |
| 21 D¡ru (Devad¡ru API) | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 96 g |
| 22 Ku˦ha API | Saussurea lappa | Rt. | 96 g |
| 23 Par¸¢catuÀka | |||
| a. á¡lapar¸¢ API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 96 g |
| b. P¤¿nipar¸¢API | Uraria picta | Pl. | 96 g |
| c. Mudgapar¸¢ API | Phaseolus trilobus | Pl. | 96 g |
| d. M¡Àapar¸¢ API | Teramnus labialis | Pl. | 96 g |
| 24 Agaru API | Aquillaria agallocha | Ht. Wd. | 96 g |
| 25 Ke¿ara (N¡gake¿ara API) | Messua ferrea | Stmn. | 96 g |
| 26 Sindh£ttha (Saindhava Lava¸a (API)) | Rock salt | – | 96 g |
| 27 M¡Æs¢ (Ja¶¡m¡Æs¢ API) | Nardostachys jatamansi | Rt./Rz. | 96 g |
| 28 Rajan¢dvaya | |||
| a. Haridr¡ API | Curcuma longa | Rz. | 96 g |
| b. D¡ruharidr¡ API | Berberis aristata | St. | 96 g |
| 29 áaileyaka (áaileya API) | Parmelia perlata | Pl. | 96 g |
| 30 Candana (Rakta candana API) | Pterocarpus santalinus | Ht. Wd. | 96 g |
| 31 PuÀkara API | Inula racemosa | Rt. | 96 g |
| 32 El¡ (S£kÀmail¡ API) | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 96 g |
| 33 Asra (MaµjiÀ¶h¡ API) | Rubia cordifolia | St. | 96 g |
| 34 YaÀ¶¢ API | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 96 g |
| 35 Tagara API | Valeriana wallichii | Rz. | 96 g |
| 36 Abda (Must¡ API) | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 96 g |
| 37 Patra (Tvak patra API) | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 96 g |
| 38 Bh¤´ga (Tvak API) | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | St. Bk. | 96 g |
| 39 A˦avarga | |||
| a. J¢vaka API | Microstylis wallichi [Pueraria tuberosa (Official Substitute)] | Rt. Tr. | 96 g |
| b. ÎÀabhaka API | Microstylis wallichi [Pueraria tuberosa (Official Substitute)] | Rt. Tr. | 96 g |
| c. Med¡ (API) | Polygonatum verticillatum [Asparagus racemosus (Official Substitute)] | Rt. Tr. | 96 g |
| d. Mah¡med¡ API | Polygonatum cirrhifolium [Asparagus racemoses (Official Substitute)] | Rt. Tr. | 96 g |
| e. K¡kol¢ API | Lilium polyphyllum [Withania somnifera (Official Substitute)] | Rt. | 96 g |
| f. KÀ¢rak¡kol¢ API | Fritillaria roylei [Withania somnifera (Official Substitute)] | Rt. | 96 g |
| g. Îddhi API | Habenaria intermedia [Dioscorea bulbifera (Official Substitute)] | Rt. Tr. | 96 g |
| h. V¤ddhi API | Habenaria intermedia [Dioscorea bulbifera (Official Substitute)] | Rt. Tr. | 96 g |
| 40 Ambu (Hr¢vera API) | Coleus vettiveroides | Rt. | 96 g |
| 41 Vac¡ API | Acorus calamus | Rz. | 96 g |
| 42 Pal¡¿a API | Butea monosperma | St. Bk. | 96 g |
| 43 Sthau¸eya API | Taxus baccata | Lf. | 96 g |
| 44 V¤¿c¢raka (áveta Punarnav¡ API) | Boerhaavia verticillata | Pl. | 96 g |
| 45 Coraka API | Angelica glauca | Rz. | 96 g |
| 46 Karp£ra API | Cinnamomum camphora Subl. Ext. of A. | Pt. | 96 g |
| 47 K¡¿m¢ra (Ku´kuma API) | Crocus sativus | Sty./Stg. | 96 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 13 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 kv¡tha dravya and soak for 4 h, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvatha.
- Wash and clean the cut pieces of Shatavari, grind and squeeze through muslin cloth to obtain Shatavari svarasa.[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, yellowish brown in color with an unpleasant odour.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in air-tight containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Ardita (facial palsy), Badhiratva (deafness), Pangutva (paraplegia), Gatra kampa (tremors), Manyastambha (neck rigidity/torticollis) Hanustambha (lockjaw), Ekangasosa (wasting of one limb), shukraksaya (oligospermia), Vandhyatva (infertility), siroroga (headache), Jihvastambha (glossal palsy), Dantasula (toothache), Unmada (Mania/psychosis), Kubja (humpback/ kyphosis), Jvara (fever), Jar¡ (senility), Karsya (emaciation), Snayubhagna (rupture of ligament), Asthibhagna (bone fracture).
Dose
- 5-10 ml per day in divided doses; Nasya: 2 to 3 drops per nostril, Abhyaga (massage on affected parts) and Anuv¡sana Basti.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.458 to 1.461 |
| Specific gravity at 400 | 0.926 to 0.955 |
| Saponification value | 188 to 196 |
| Iodine value | 80 to 100 |
| Acid value | 3 to 6 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 5 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 88.
