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Balā Taila
Balā 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
| Balā (API) | Sida cordifolia | Rt. | 4.800 kg |
| Chinnaruhā (Guḍūcī API) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 1.200 kg |
| Rāsnā API | Pluchea lancolata [Alpinia officinarum (Official Substitute)] | Rz. | 0.600 kg |
| Jala API for decoction | Potable Water | – | 30.720 l |
| reduced to | 3.072 l | ||
| Dadhimastu (Godadhi (API)) | Whey from curd of cow milk | – | 3.072 l |
| Ikṣu Niryāsa (Ikṣu API) | Saccharum officinarum | St. juice | 3.072 l |
| Śukta (Kāñjika (API)) | Sour gruel | – | 3.072 l |
| Taila (Tila Taila API) | Sesame oil | – | 3.072 kg |
| Ājapaya (Ajādugdha (API)) | Goat milk | – | 1.536 l |
| Śaṭhī (Śaṭī API) | Hedychium spicatum | Rz. | 48 g |
| Sarala API | Pinus roxburghi | Ht. Wd. | 48 g |
| Dāru (Devadāru API) | Cedrus deodara | Ht. Wd. | 48 g |
| Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 48 g |
| Mañjiṣṭhā API | Rubia cordifolia | Rt. | 48 g |
| Aguru (Agaru API) | Aquilaria agallocha | Ht. Wd. | 48 g |
| Candana (Rakta candana API) | Pterocarpus santalinus | Ht. Wd. | 48 g |
| Padmaka API | Prunus cerasoides | Ht. Wd. | 48 g |
| Atibalā API | Abutilon indicum | Rt. | 48 g |
| Mustā API | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 48 g |
| Śūrpaparṇīdvaya | |||
| a. Mudgaparṇī API | Phaseolus trilobus | Pl. | 48 g |
| b. Māṣaparṇī API | Teramnus labialis | Pl. | 48 g |
| Hareṇu (Reṇukā (API)) | Vitex agnus-castus [Vitex negundo (Official Substitute)] | Fr. | 48 g |
| Yaṣṭayāhva (Yaṣṭī API) | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 48 g |
| Surasa (Tulasī API) | Ocimum sanctum | Pl | . 48 g |
| Vyāghranakha API | Capparis sepiaria | Fr. | 48 g |
| Ṛṣabhaka (API) | Microstylis wallichi [Pueraria tuberosa (Official Substitute)] | Rt. Tr. | 48 g |
| Jīvaka API | Microstylis wallichi [Pueraria tuberosa (Official Substitute)] | Rt .Tr. | 48 g |
| Palāśa rasa (Palāśa (API)) | Butea monosperma | Exd. | 48 g |
| Nīlikā (Nīlī API) | Indigofera tinctoria | Pl. | 48 g |
| Jātikośa (Jātipatrī (API)) | Myrstica fragrans | Ar. | 48 g |
| Spṛkkā API | Anisomeles malabarica | Pl. | 48 g |
| Kuṅkuma API | Crocus sativus | Stmn./Stg. | 48 g |
| Śaileya API | Parmelia perlata | Pl. | 48 g |
| Jātikā (Jātīphala API) | Myrstica fragrans | Sd. | 48 g |
| Kaṭphala API | Myrica esculenta (= M. nagi) | St. Bk. | 48 g |
| Ambu (Hrīvera API) | Coleus vettiveroides | Rt. | 48 g |
| Tvak API | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | St. Bk. | 48 g |
| Kunduruka (Kunduru API) | Boswellia serrata | Exd. | 48 g |
| Karpūra API | Cinnamomum camphora Subl. Ext. of A. | Pt. | 48 g |
| Turuṣka API | Liquidambar orientalis [Altingia excelsa (Official Substitute)] | Exd. | 48 g |
| Śrīnivāsaka (Sarala API) | Pinus roxburghi | Exd. | 48 g |
| Lavaṅga API | Syzygium aromaticum | Fr. Bd. | 48 g |
| Nakha (Vy¡ghranakha API) | Capparis sepiaria | Fr. | 48 g |
| Kaṅkola API | Piper cubeba | Fr. | 48 g |
| Kuṣṭha API | Saussurea lappa | Rt. | 48 g |
| Māṃsī (JatāmāṃsīAPI) | Nardostachys jatamansi | Rz. | 48 g |
| Priyaṅgu API | Callicarpa macrophylla | Fl. | 48 g |
| Sthauṇeya API | Taxus baccata | Lf. | 48 g |
| Tagara API | Valeriana wallichi| Rz. | 48 g | |
| Dhyāma (Rohiṣa API) | Cymbopogon martini | Pl. | 48 g |
| Vacā API | Acorus calamus | Rz. | 48 g |
| Madanaka (Madana API) | Randia dumetorum | Fr. | 48 g |
| Plava (Kaivarta Mustā (API) ) | Cyperus scariosus | Rz. | 48 g |
| Nāgakesara (Nāgakeṣara API) | Mesua ferrea Stmn. | 48 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Tila taila to prepare mūrcchita Tila taila.
- A day prior to the sneha pāka, iniate to prepare Mastu.
- Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 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-tenth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
- Wash and clean the cut pieces of Ikṣu, and squeeze the juice and strain through muslin cloth to obtain Ikṣu svarasa.[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, light golden yellow in color with a pleasant odour.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Chardi (Emesis), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Asthma), Jvara (Fever), Mūrcchā (Syncope), Kṣata (Wound), Kṣaya (Pthisis), Apasmāra (Epilepsy), Vātavyādhi (Diseases due to Vata dosha), Plīhā (Splenic disease), Śoṣa (Cachexia).
Dose
- 5-10 ml per day in divided doses; for external use as advised by the physician.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.451 to 1.468 |
| Specific gravity at 400 | 0.915 to 0.940 |
| Saponification value | 188 to 200 |
| Iodine value | 80 to 100 |
| Acid value | 3 to 6 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 69.
Categories:
- Formulations
- Ayurvedic Medicine
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Emesis
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Abdominal lump
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Cough
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Asthma
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Fever
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Syncope
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Wound
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Pthisis
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Epilepsy
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases due to Vata dosha
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Splenic disease
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Cachexia
