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
Pā°alā API	Stereospermum suaveolens	St.Bk.	59.07 g
Ga´ikārikā(Laghu Agnimantha API)	Clerodendrum phlomidis	St.Bk.	59.07 g
Śālapar´ī API	Desmodium gangeticum	Pl.	59.07 g
P¨śnipar´ī API	Uraria picta	Pl.	59.07 g
B¨hatī API	Solanum indicum	Rt.	59.07 g
Ka´°akārī API	Solanum surattense	Rt.	59.07 g
Gok¾ura 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
Ma®ji¾°ā API	Rubia cordifolia	Rt.	6 g
Kākolī	Withania somnifera (Official substitute)	Rt.	6 g
K¾īra 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
Ku¾°ha API	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	6 g
Tagara API	Valeriana wallichii	Rt / Rz.	6 g 119
Jīvaka	Pueraria tuberosa (Official substitute)	Rt.Tr.	6 g
§¾abhaka	Pueraria tuberosa (Official substitute)	Rt.Tr.	6 g
Saindhava lava´a API	Rock salt		6 g
Kālānusārī (Tagara API)	Valeriana wallichii	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 diffusa	Rt.	6 g
Aśvagandhā API	Withania somnifera	Rt.	6 g
Varī (Śatāvarī API)	Asparagus racemosus	Rt.Tr.	6 g
K¾īraśukla (K¾īra Vidārī API)	Ipomoea digitata	Rt.Tr.	6 g
Ya¾°ī 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
Sūrpapar´i (Mā¾apar´ī API)	Teramnus labialis	Pl.	6 g
Elā (Sūk¾mailā 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 (Appendix 6.2.8.3).
• 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

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), Pak¾avadha (Hemiplegia), Sarvānga vāta (Quadriplegia), Dhātu kshaya (tissue wasting), Sūtikā roga (Puerperal diseases) and Bāla

roga (diseases of children). External application for Abhyanga.

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