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Nālpāmarādi Taila
Naalpamaraadi 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.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Paimannal rasa (Haridr¡ (API)) - Ërdra | Curcuma longa | Rz. fresh | 1.536 l |
| Parpa¶a API - rasa | Fumaria parviflora | Pl. | 1.536 l |
| E¸¸a (Tila Taila API) | Sesame oil | – | 768 ml |
| Nyagrodha API | Ficus bengalensis | St. Bk | 15 g |
| Udumbara API | Ficus racemosa | St. Bk | 15 g |
| A¿vattha API | Ficus religiosa | St. Bk | 15 g |
| PlakÀa API | Ficus lacor | St. Bk | 15 g |
| Har¢tak¢ API | Terminalia chebula | P. | 15 g |
| Bibh¢taka API | Terminalia bellirica | P. | 15 g |
| Ëmalak¢ API | Emblica officinalis | P. | 15 g |
| Candana (Rakta candana API) | Pterocarpus santalinus | Ht. Wd | 15 g |
| Sevya (U¿¢ra API) | Vetiveria zizanioides | Rt. | 15 g |
| Ku˦ha API | Saussurea lappa | Rt. 1 | 5 g |
| Covalli (MaµjiÀ¶h¡ API) | Rubia cordifolia | St. | 15 g |
| Coram (API ) | Kaempferia galanga | Rz. | 15 g |
| Akil (Agaru API ) | Aquilaria agallocha | Ht. Wd | 15 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Treat Tila taila to prepare m£rcchita Tila taila (Appendix 6.2.9.4).
- Take fresh Haridr¡ and wash thoroughly. Grind and filter through muslin cloth to obtain svarasa.
- Wash, clean, dry the Parpa¶a, powder and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve. Add eight times water to it and soak for 4 h. Boil and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain Parpa¶a rasa.
- Wash, dry the ingredients numbered 4 to 16 (kalka dravya) of the Formulation Composition,powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 85) to obtain fine powder. Transfer the powdered ingredients to wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare homogeneous blend (kalka).
- Take m£rcchita Tila taila in a stainless steel vessel and heat it.
- Add increments of kalka, stir thoroughly while adding Haridr¡ svarasa and Parpa¶a rasa.[1]
Description
- Medicated oil, reddish brown in colour with an odour of turmeric.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Tvagroga (skin diseases), Visarpa (Erysepales), Kustha (diseases of skin), Pama (eczema), Kandu (itching), Pidika (boil/carbuncle).
Dose
- External application for Abhynga.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Refractive index at 400 | 1.4646 to 1.4665 |
| Specific gravity at 400 | 0.7840 to 0.8235 |
| Saponification value | 190 to 200 |
| Iodine value | 102 to 110 |
| Acid value | 2 to 4 |
| Peroxide value | Not more than 6 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 90.
