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Citrakādi Taila

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Citrakaadi 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.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
  • Treat Citraka to prepare Citraka - shuddha, Karavira to prepare Karavira - shuddha, and Langali to prepare Langali- shuddha powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 3 to 5, 8, 10 and 12 of the Formulation
  • Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder.[1]

Description

  • Brown-coloured, smooth powder with pleasant odour, sour, spicy and pungent taste. The powder completely passes through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) and not less than 50 per cent pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85).

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 78.