Sesame oil cooked with decoctions and pastes of all vata-reducing trees, passed through burnt earth and recovered, then cooked a thousand times with sour liquids, curd, milk and vata-reducing decoctions and pastes, perfumed with all fragrant substances and kept in silver or gold pots after worship. The text says only the very wealthy can make it, and that using it removes all vata disorders.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सहस्रविपाक तैल
- Hindi
- सहस्र विपाक तैल
- English
- Sahasra-vipaka oil (oil cooked a thousand times)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | वरतैल / तिल के तैल | एक आढक · one adhaka |
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | दधि | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दुग्ध | Not stated |
| Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन) | सर्वगंध / चन्दन | Not stated |
| Musk (kasturi)कस्तूरी | कस्तूरी | Not stated |
| Karpura (camphor)कपूर (कर्पूर) | कपूर | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Dried vata-reducing trees are burnt on a patch of ground; one adhaka of sesame oil cooked with the decoction and paste of their bark and roots is poured on the burnt ground and left overnight; next day the oil-soaked earth is boiled to recover the oil, which is then cooked a thousand times with a thousandfold quantity of sour liquid, curd, milk and vata-reducing decoction and paste, after which fragrant substances such as sandalwood, musk and camphor are added.
तेलको उस जलाइर् हुइर् भूमि पर डालें। एक रात्रि वैसा ही छोडकर दूसरे दिन उस तेल से भावित मिट्टी
How it is used
Kept in silver or gold pots; the text says using it removes all vata disorders without stating the mode of use.
धनाढच्य ही समर्थ हैं। इस तैल को उपयेाग करने से मनुष्य सर्वप्रकार के वात विकारों को दूर करता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(अखिलवातविकार / सर्वप्रकार के वात विकार)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
तैलमेतदुपयुजय मनुष्यो। नाशयेदखिलवातविकारान्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 197 · v. 19-22.All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verses 19-20 are on PDF 269; verses 21-22 and the commentary are on PDF 270.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- formulation_sahasra_vipaka_taila_p269