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Yashthimadhuka Taila
Yashthimadhuka Taila is a medicinal preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with Tila taila as the basic ingredient.
Contents
Formulation composition
| YaÀ¶¢madhuka (YaÀ¶¢ API) | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 96 g |
| K ˢra (Godughda API) | Cow milk | Р| 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
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 104.
