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Arimedādi taila
Arimedādi 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
| Khadira API | Acacia catechu | Wd. | 9.600 kg |
| Arimedavalka (Arimeda API) | Acacia leucophloea | St. Bk. | 4.800 kg |
| Jala API for decoction | Potable Water | – | 49.152 l |
| reduced to | 12.288l | ||
| Taila (Tila Taila API) | Sesame oil | – | 3.072 kg |
| Sevya (Uśīra API) | Vetiveria zizanioides | Rt. | 12 g |
| Ambu (Hrīvera API) | Coleus vettiveroides | Rt. | 12 g |
| Pattaṅga API | Caesalpinia sappan | Ht. Wd. | 12 g |
| Gairika API- Śuddha | Red ochre | – | 12 g |
| Candanadvaya | |||
| a. Śveta candana API | Santalum album | Ht. Wd. | 12 g |
| b. Rakta candana API | Pterocarpus santalinus | Ht. Wd | . 12 g |
| Rodhra (Lodhra API) | Symplocos racemosa | St. Bk. | 12 g |
| Puṇḍrāhva (Prapauṇḍarīka API) | Nelumbo nucifera | Fl. | 12 g |
| Yaṣṭyāhva (Yaṣṭī API) | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 12 g |
| Lākṣā (API ) | Lacca laccifera Secretion of Lac insect | 12 g | |
| Añjanadvaya | |||
| a. Rasāñjana (API) | Berberis aristata | St. Ext. | 12 g |
| b. Sauvīrāñjana (API) - áuddha | Lead sulphide | – | 12 g |
| Dhātakī API | Woodfordia fruticosa | Fl. | 12 g |
| Kaṭphala API | Myrica esculenta | St. Bk. | 12 g |
| Dviniśā | |||
| a. Haridrā API Cu | rcuma longa | Rz. | 12 g |
| b. Dāruharidrā API | Berberis aristata | St. | 12 g |
| Triphlā | |||
| a. Haritaki API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 12 g |
| b. Bibhitaka API | Terminalia belerica | P. | 12 g |
| c. Āmalaki API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 12 g |
| Caturjāta | |||
| a. Tvak API | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | St. Bk | . 12 g |
| b. Sūkṣmailā API | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 12 g |
| c. Tvakpatra API | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 12 g |
| d. Nāgakeśara API | Mesua ferra Stmn. | 12 g | |
| Joṅgaka (Agaru API) | Aquilaria agallocha | Ht. Wd. | 12 g |
| Musta (Mustā API) | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 12 g |
| Mañjiṣthā API | Rubia cordifolia | St. | 12 g |
| Nyagrodhapraroha (Nyagrodha API) | Ficus benghalensis | A. R. | 12 g |
| Māṃsī (JaṭāMāṃsī API) | Nardostachys jatamansi | Rz./ Rt. | 12 g |
| Yavāsaka API | Alhagi pseudalhagi | Pl. | 12 g |
| Padmaka API | Prunus cerasoides | Ht. Wd. | 12 g |
| Aileya (Elavāluka API) | Prunus avium | St. Bk. | 12 g |
| Samaṅg¡ (Lajjālu API) | Mimosa pudica | Pl. | 12 g |
| Jātīpatrikā (Jātīphalā API) | Myristica fragrans | Ar. | 48 g |
| J¡tīphala API | Myristica fragrans | Sd. | 48 g |
| Lavaṅga API | Syzygium aromaticum | Fl. Bd. | 48 g |
| Kaṅkolikā (Kaṅkola API) | Piper cubeba | Fr. | 48 g |
| Karpūra API | Cinnamomum camphora Subl. | Ext. of A. Pt. | 192 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Tila taila to prepare Mūrcchita Tila taila.
- Treat Gairika to prepare Gairika - Śuddha and Sauvirāñjana to prepare Sauvirāñjana - shuuddha.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 and 2 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvātha dravya).
- Add water for decoction to the kvātha dravya and soak for 4 h, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
- Wash, dry the ingredients numbered 5 to 7, 9 to 13 and 15 to 33 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder.[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, yellowish red in colour with a pleasant odour.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Mukha roga (Diseases of mouth), Danta roga (Disease of tooth), Nāsā roga (Diseases of nose).
Dose
- 5 to 10 drops per nostril.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.4646 to 1.4665 |
| Specific gravity at 400 | 0.8123 g to 0.8388 |
| Saponification value | 180 to 190 |
| Iodine value | Not more than 1 |
| Acid value | 2 to 3 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 61.
