Nagabaladi oil

By the method of the previous oil, an oil is prepared with vata-reducing drugs such as the roots of nagabala, atibala and kurantaka, shatavari, guduchi, adityaparni, ashvagandha, arka and mashaparni.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: नागबलादि तैल
Hindi: नागवलादि तैल
English: Nagabaladi oil

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated oilOtherChapter 12 · p. 207 · v. 72

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Nagabalaनागबला (गुलसकरी)	उत्तमगजा / नागवला	Not stated
Atibala (Indian mallow)कंघी (अतिबला)	अतिबला	Not stated
Saireyaka (porcupine flower)कटसरैया (सैरेयक)	कोरंटमूल / पियावासा	Not stated
Shatavari (wild asparagus)शतावर (शतावरी)	शतमूल / शतावरी	Not stated
Guduchi (giloy)गिलोय (गुडूची)	गुळूची / गुडूची (गुर्च)	Not stated
Adityaparniसूत्रपर्णी	आदित्यपर्णि / सूत्रपर्णी	Not stated
Ashvagandha (winter cherry)असगंध (अश्वगंधा)	तुरग / अश्वगंध	Not stated
Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क)	अर्क / अकैवा	Not stated
Mudgaparni and mashaparniमुद्गपर्णी और माषपर्णी	विशारीणी / माषपर्णी (बनमूग)	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तैल	तैल के बराबर कषाय · decoction equal to the oil, each day

Preparation as described

Prepared by the method of the previous oil; the footnote says decoction equal to the oil is added and cooked each day, and after a hundred days of cooking the oil is ready.

तैल को सिद्द करने की परिपाटी यह है कि तैल के बराबर कषाय डालकर प्रत्येक दिन पकाया जाता है।

How it is used

The mode of use is not stated.

इस तैल की विधि से उत्तम नागवला, अतिबला, पियावासा इनके मूल शतावरी

Duration as written

cooked for a hundred days · सै दिन पकाने पर

Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.