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Taila
General Descripition
Tailas are preparations in which Taila is boiled with prescribed liquid media [Svarasa / Kashaaya Etc.] and a fine paste [Kalka] of the drugs specified in the formulation composition. Unless specified otherwise Taila means Tila Taila.
Preparation Involves
- The Taila preferably should be fresh.
- There are usually three essential components in the manufacture of Taila Kalpanā.
- Drava [Any liquid medium as prescribed in the composition]
- Kalka [Fine paste of the specified drug]
- Sneha dravya [Taila]
- And, occasionally
- Gandha dravya [Perfuming agents]
- Unless otherwise specified in the verse, if Kalka is one part by weight, Taila should be four parts and the Drava dravya should be sixteen parts. [1]
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 115.
