Gandharvahasta Taila

Gandharvahasta Taila is a liquid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition described below with Tila Taila as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Gandharva hasta mūla (Eraṇḍa API)	Ricinus communis	Rt.	4.8 k g
Yava API	Hordeum vulgare	Sd.	3.07 kg
Nāgara (Śuṇṭhī API)	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	96 g
Jala API for decoction	Water		24.58 l
Reduced to			6.14 l
Kṣīra (Godugdha API)	Cow’s milk		1.54 l
Eraṇḍa API	Taila Ricinus communis	Oil	768 g
Gandharvahasta mūla (Eraṇḍa API)	Ricinus communis	Rt.	192 g
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	48 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly.
• Treat Eraṇḍa taila to prepare Mūrchita Eraṇḍa Taila.
• Pulverize the dried ingredients numbered 1 to 3 (kvātha dravya) to a coarse powder, add required amount of water, heat and reduce the volume to one fourth.
• Filter with muslin cloth to obtain kvātha.
• Take the other ingredients (kalka dravyas) numbered 7 and 8 of the formulation composition, dry, powder and pass through sieve number 85.
• Transfer the powdered ingredients to wet grinder and grind with sufficient quantity of water to prepare a homogeneous blend.
• Take Mūrchita Taila in a stainless steel vessel and heat it mildly.

Description

• A medicated oil, yellowish brown in color with characteristic odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Vidradhi (Abscess), Plīhā (Enlargement of spleen), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Udāvarta (Upward movement of gases), Śopha (Oedema), Udara (Diseases of abdomen) and MahāVāta roga (Major neurological disorders).

Dose

• 6 to12 ml daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Warm water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 degree	1.451 to 1.460
Weight per ml at 400 degree	0.975 g to 0.985 g
Saponification value	180 to 200
Iodine value	75 to 100
Acid value	Not more than 4
Peroxide value	Not more than 2