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Panchaguna Taila

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Panchaguna Taila is a medicinal oil preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below with m£rcchita Tila Taila as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Har¢tak¢ API Terminalia chebula P. 60 g
Ëmalak¢ API Phyllanthus emblica P. 60 g
Bibh¢taka API Terminalia bellirica P. 60 g
Nimba patra (Nimba API) Azadirachta indica Lf. 180 g
Sambh¡lu patra (Nirgu¸·¢ API) Vitex negundo Lf. 180 g
Jala API for decoction Potable Water 4.320 l reduced to 1.080 l
Tila Taila API Sesame oil 960 ml
Moma (Madh£cchiÀ¶a (API)) Hive of Apis species Bees wax 48 g
Gandhaviroj¡ (Sarala API) Pinus roxburghii Resin 48 g
áil¡rasa (TuruÀka (API)) Liquidamber orientalis [Altingia excelsa (Official Substitute)] Exd. 48 g
R¡la (á¡la API) Shorea robusta Exd. 48 g
Guggulu API - áuddha Commiphora wightii O.R. 48 g
Karp£ra API Cinnamomum camphora Subl. Ext. of A. Pt. 60 g
T¡rap¢na Taila (API) Pinus roxburghii Volatile Oil 30 ml
Tailaparna Taila API Eucalyptus globulus Volatile Oil 30 ml
Kejopu¶¢ Taila (API) Melaleuca leucodendron Fixed Oil 30 ml

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Treat Tila taila to prepare murcchita Tila taila.
  • Treat Guggulu to get Guggulu - shuddha.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 5 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvatha dravya).
  • Add water for decoction to the kvatha dravya and soak for 4 h, heat and reduce the volume to one-fourth. Filter through muslin cloth to obtain kvatha.
  • Take murcchita Tila taila in a Stainless steel vessel and heat it.
  • Add increments of ingredients numbered 8 to 12 of the Formulation Composition, stir thoroughly while adding kvatha[1]

Description

  • Medicated oil, thick, reddish yellow in colour with characteristic odour of Eucalyptus.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Sandhivata (Osteoarthropathy), Karasula (Otalgia), Vranopacara (Wounds).

Dose

  • Externally on wound and for Abhyanga on whole body .

Physico-chemical parameters

Refractive index at 400 1.4703 to 1.503
Specific gravity at 400 0.9106 to 0.9259
Saponification value 160 to 184
Iodine value 104 to 107
Acid value Not more than 2
Peroxide value Not more than 6

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 94.