![]() Preparation of Taila Tailas are prepared by boiling vegetable drugs in oil, with the addition of water or other fluids such as Kanjika, milk or a decoction of drugs, etc. Castor oil and mustard oil are sometimes used in the preparation of medicated oils. As a general rule, the proportion of the different ingredients used is as follows: Medicinal substances, in form of paste, 1 part, oil 4 parts, water or other menstruum 16 parts. When the fluids used are thick, such as decoctions or the expressed juice of vegetables, the proportion of solid paste is reduced from 1/4th to 1/6th and 1/8th respectively of the oil. Sometimes no solid paste is used at all. If more than one variety of fluid is ordered, then up to four sorts the usual proportion of four of fluid to one of oil is observed, and these are boiled separately with each fluid; but, when the number of fluids exceeds four, each of the fluids ordered is taken in quantity equal to the oil and the whole are boiled together. Preparation of Sesamum Oil In preparing the Sesamum oil, before being boiled with medicinal substances is coloured and purified as follows: ![]() Some medicinal oils, and especially those used in the treatment of nervous diseases, rheumatism, etc., are subjected to a 3rd process of boiling with various aromatic and fragrant substances. This is called the ‘Gandhapaka’ or boiling for rendering the oil fragrant. The following substances, or as many of them as are available, are used for scenting medicated oils, namely, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, fenugreek seeds, saffron, leaves of Cinnamomum Tamala, white sandal wood, aloes wood, jatamansi root, Curcuma Zedoaria (sati), Cyperus rotundus (mustaka), kakkola (an aromatic seed,) resin of Pinus longifolius (gandhaviraja), storax, long pepper root, root of Andropogon muricatus (usira), nakhi (Unguis odoratus), pouch of civet cat (khattdsi), camphor, musk, Permelia perlata (saileya), root of Aplotaxis auriculata (kushta), seeds of Abelmoschus moschatus (latakasturi), etc. Related Articles Charaka Samhita Classification of Medicine by Charaka Traditional Indian Medicines Traditional Indian Medicine in Ancient Period Ancient Hindu Medicine Ancient Vedic Medicine Practitioners Primitive Medicinal Practices in India Kanjika Dravaka (Last Updated on : 13-07-2016) |
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