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Yashthimadhuka Taila

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Yashthimadhuka Taila is a medicinal preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Tila taila as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

YaÀ¶¢madhuka (YaÀ¶¢ API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 96 g
K ˢra (Godughda API) Cow milk 3.072 l
Dh¡tr¢phala (Ëmalak¢ API) - Svarasa Emblica officinalis P. 3.072 l
Taila (Tila Taila API) Sesame oil 768 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
  • Wash, clean, dry the Aamalaki, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44).
  • To this add eight times water and reduce to one fourth of its total volume by heating on moderate flame.
  • Filter while hot through muslin cloth to obtain Aamalaki rasa and keep aside.
  • Strain the Godugdha through muslin cloth.[1]

Description

  • Medicated oil, reddish yellow in colour with a pleasant odour.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Palita (premature greying of hair), Kesapatana (hair-fall), smasrupatana (hair-fall of beard and moustache).

Dose

  • For external application on scalp, face and whole body.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.447 to 1.474
Specific gravity at 400 0.899 to 0.925
Saponification value 192.0 to 197
Iodine value 106 to 110
Acid value Not more than 1.0
Peroxide value Not more than 1

==References==For external application on scalp, face and whole body

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 104.