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Nālpāmarādi Taila

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Nālpāmarādi 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

Paimannal rasa (Haridrā (API)) - Ārdra Curcuma longa Rz. fresh 1.536 l
Parpaṭa API - rasa Fumaria parviflora Pl. 1.536 l
Eṇṇa (Tila Taila API) Sesame oil 768 ml
Nyagrodha API Ficus bengalensis St. Bk 15 g
Udumbara API Ficus racemosa St. Bk 15 g
Aśvattha API Ficus religiosa St. Bk 15 g
Plakṣa API Ficus lacor St. Bk 15 g
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 15 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia bellirica P. 15 g
Āmalakī API Emblica officinalis P. 15 g
Candana (Rakta candana API) [[Pterocarpus santalinus Ht. Wd 15 g
Sevya (Uśīra API) Vetiveria zizanioides Rt. 15 g
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 1 5 g
Covalli (Mañjiṣṭhā API) Rubia cordifolia St. 15 g
Coram (API ) Kaempferia galanga Rz. 15 g
Akil (Agaru API ) Aquilaria agallocha Ht. Wd 15 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare mūrcchita Tila taila.
  • Take fresh Haridrā and wash thoroughly. Grind and filter through muslin cloth to obtain svarasa.
  • Wash, clean, dry the Parpaṭa, powder and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve. Add eight times water to it and soak for 4 h. Boil and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain Parpaṭa rasa.
  • Wash, dry the ingredients numbered 4 to 16 (Kalka dravya) of the Formulation Composition,powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder. Transfer the powdered ingredients to wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare homogeneous blend (Kalka).
  • Take mūrcchita Tila taila in a stainless steel vessel and heat it.
  • Add increments of Kalka, stir thoroughly while adding Haridrū svarasa and Parpaṭa rasa.[1]

Description

  • Medicated oil, reddish brown in colour with an odour of turmeric.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Tvagroga (Skin diseases), Visarpa (Erysepales), Kustha (Diseases of skin), Pama (Eczema), Kaṇḍu (Itching), Piḍika (Boil/Carbuncle).

Dose

  • External application for Abhynga.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.4646 to 1.4665
Specific gravity at 400 0.7840 to 0.8235
Saponification value 190 to 200
Iodine value 102 to 110
Acid value 2 to 4
Peroxide value Not more than 6

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 90.