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Panchaguna Taila
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Panchaguna Taila is a medicinal oil preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with m£rcchita Tila Taila as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
- Treat Guggulu to get Guggulu - shuddha.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 5 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.
- Take murcchita Tila taila in a Stainless steel vessel and heat it.
- Add increments of ingredients numbered 8 to 12 of the Formulation Composition, stir thoroughly while adding kvatha[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, thick, reddish yellow in colour with characteristic odour of Eucalyptus.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Sandhivata (osteoarthropathy), Karasula (otalgia), Vranopacara (wounds).
Dose
- Externally on wound and for Abhyanga on whole body .
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.4703 to 1.503 |
| Specific gravity at 400 | 0.9106 to 0.9259 |
| Saponification value | 160 to 184 |
| Iodine value | 104 to 107 |
| Acid value | Not more than 2 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 94.
