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Hiṅgvādi Taila
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Hinvaadi Taila is a medicated preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with m£rcchita SarÀapa Taila as basic ingredient.
Formulation composition
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat SarÀapa taila to prepare m£rcchita SarÀapa taila.
- Treat Hingu to prepare Hingu - shuddha.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2 and 3 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve. Transfer the powdered ingredients to wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare homogenous blend (kalka).
- Take murcchita Sarshapa Taila in a stainless steel vessel and heat it.[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, reddish in colour with characteristic odour of asafoetida.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Karnasula (otalgia).
Dose
- Externally as ear drops- 5-10 drops in the affected ear once or twice a day (Karnapurana).
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.447 to 1.478 |
| Specific gravity at 400 | 0.880 to 0.918 |
| Saponification value | 182 to 186 |
| Iodine value | 100 to 105 |
| Acid value | Not more than 1 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 80.
