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Prasaarini Taila
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Prasaarini 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
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
- A day prior to the sneha paka, iniate to prepare Godadhi.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 of the Formulation Composition, powder 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.[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, brownish yellow in colour with a pleasant odour.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Hanustambha (lockjaw), Katistambha (restricted movement of the lumbo-sacral region), Grdhrasi (Sciatica), Khauja (limp), Kaubja (hump/kyphosis), Pangutva (paraplegia), Vataslesmaroga (diseases due to Vata and Kapha Dosha), Ardita (facial palsy), Prsthastambha (stiffness of back), siro-griv¡-stambha (stiffness of head and neck).
Dose
- 15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.
Physico-chemical parameters
Refractive index at 400 | 1.457 to 1.461 |
Specific gravity at 400 | 0.906 to 0.936 |
Saponification value | 190 to 200 |
Iodine value | 80 to 90 |
Acid value | 3 to 6 |
Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 99.