Mahaanaarayana Taila

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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.

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.

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