Maha aksha taila (great bibhitaki oil)

Gambhari, citron, wood apple, mango, jambu and shaileya (the commentary: bhuri charila, a kind of fragrant substance), their flowers; guduchi, hata (shaivala), mahanila, vanamallika, nili leaves, nilanjana (glossed as blue vitriol or antimony), tuvaraka, kasisa, madanaphala seed, punarnava, sariva, black sesame, licorice, kanakali, white lotus, blue lotus, bakula, red lotus and the mud of the place where lotuses grow are taken, one tola each, and made into a paste with decoctions of vijayasara (asana), khadira heartwood and triphala; this is kept ten days in an iron pot. Then one adhaka of bibhitaki (aksha) oil is cooked on a mild fire with this paste, the decoctions and water, and when done is stored in a strong iron vessel. A person whose body is overtaken by grey hair, wrinkles and old age is first purified by emesis, purgation and the like, then taken with chosen relatives into a windless house and given nasya of this oil with great care. Repeated for a month, it is said to remove all diseases of the nose, to make the face beautiful like a lotus and the person dear to all, and even an old man becomes like a youth; it is called auspicious and pure, bringing wealth and happiness, and wealth to its maker, and the great aksha oil is to be given to one's loved ones.