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Dhānvantara Taila

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

Formulation composition

Balā mūla (Balā API) Sida cordifolia Rt. 4.61 kg
Jala API for decoction Water 36.86 l
Reduced to 4.61 l
Payah (Godugdha API) Cow’s milk 4.61 l
Yava API Hordeum vulgare Sd. 59.07 g
Kola API Zizyphus jujuba Fr. 59.07 g
Kulattha API Dolichos biflorus Sd. 59.07 g
Bilva API Aegle marmelos St.Bk. 59.07 g
Śyonāka API Oroxylum indicum St.Bk. 59.07 g
Gambhārī API Gmelina arborea St.Bk. 59.07 g
Pāṭalā API Stereospermum suaveolens St.Bk. 59.07 g
Gaṇikārikā(Laghu Agnimantha API) Clerodendrum phlomidis St.Bk. 59.07 g
Śālaparṇī API Desmodium gangeticum Pl. 59.07 g
Pṛśniparṇī API Uraria picta Pl. 59.07 g
Bṛhatī API Solanum indicum Rt. 59.07 g
Kaṇṭakārī API Solanum surattense Rt. 59.07 g
Gokṣura API Tribulus terrestris Fr. 59.07 g
Jala API for decoction Water 6.144 l
Reduced to 768 ml
Taila (Tila API) Sesamum indicum Oil 768 ml
Medā API Asparagus racemosus (Official substitute) Rt 6 g
Mahā Medā Asparagus racemosus (Official substitute) Rt. 6 g
Dāru (Devadāru API) Cedrus deodara Ht.Wd. 6 g
Mañjiṣṭā API Rubia cordifolia Rt. 6 g
Kākolī Withania somnifera (Official substitute) Rt. 6 g
Kṣīra Kākolī Withania somnifera (Official substitute ) Rt. 6 g
Candana (Rakta candana API) Pterocarpus santalinus Ht.Wd. 6 g
Śārivā (Śveta śārivā API) Hemidesmus indicus Rt. 6 g
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 6 g
Tagara API Valeriana wallichi Rt / Rz. 6 g 119
Jīvaka Pueraria tuberosa (Official substitute) Rt.Tr. 6 g
Ṛṣabhaka Pueraria tuberosa (Official substitute) Rt.Tr. 6 g
Saindhava lavaṇa API Rock salt 6 g
Kālānusārī (Tagara API) Valeriana wallichi Rz. 6 g
Śaileya API Parmelia perlata Pl. 6 g
Vacā API Acorus calamus Rz. 6 g
Agaru API Aquilaria agallocha Ht.Wd. 6 g
Punarnavā (Rakta punarnavā API) Boerhaavia diffua Rt. 6 g
Aśvagandhā API Withania somnifera Rt. 6 g
Varī (Śatāvarī API) Asparagus racemosus Rt.Tr. 6 g
Kṣīraśukla (Kṣīra Vidārī API) Ipomoea digitata Rt.Tr. 6 g
Yaṣṭī API Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 6 g
Harītakī API Terminalia chebula P. 6 g
Āmalakī API Phyllanthus emblica (Emblica officinalis) P. 6 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia bellirica P. 6 g
Śatāhvā API Anethum sowa Fr. 6 g
Sūrpaparṇi (Māṣaparṇī API) Teramnus labialis Pl. 6 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 6 g
Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylanicum St.Bk 6 g
Patra (Tejapatra API) Cinnamomum tamala Lf. 6 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of Pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash and dry all the herbal raw materials thoroughly.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare Mūrchita Taila.
  • Pulverize the dried Balā mūla (kvātha dravya) to a coarse powder, add specified amounts of water, heat and reduce the volume to one eighth. Filter with muslin cloth to obtain Balā kvātha.
  • Pulverize the dried ingredients numbered 4 to 16 (kvātha dravya) to coarse powder, add specified quantity of water, heat and reduce the volume to one eighth. Filter with muslin cloth to obtain kvātha[1]

Description

  • A medicated oil, redish brown in color with pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Vāta roga (Diseases due to Vāta dosha), Pakṣavadha (Hemiplegia), Sarvānga vāta (Quadriplegia), Dhātu kshaya (Tissue wasting), Sūtikā roga (Puerperal diseases) and Bāla roga (Diseases of children).

Dose

  • Internally 6 to 12 ml daily in divided doses; as well as external application Q.S

Anupāna

  • Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 40 degree 1.465 to 1.465
Weight per ml at 400 degree 0.930 g to 0.940 g
Saponification value 180 to 195
Iodine value 100 to 120
Acid value Not more than 4
Peroxide value Not more than 5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 119.