Vata-reducing oil

Oil cooked with a paste and decoction of well-known vata-reducing drugs, jujube and barley water, horse-gram soup, curd, milk, sour fruits and ghee; it is to be used in apatanaka and the major vata diseases for nasal therapy, nourishing the head (tarpana), affusion, massage and enemas.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: वातहर तैल
Hindi: वातहर तैल
English: Vata-reducing oil

Ingredients and preparation

Medicated oilOtherChapter 12 · p. 200 · v. 35-36

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Jujube (badara)बेर (बदर)	कोल / बेर का पानी	Not stated
Barley (yava)जौ (यव)	यवतोय / यव का पानी	Not stated
Horse gram (kulattha)कुलथी (कुलत्थ)	कुलुत्थोत्पौायूष / कुलथी का यूष	Not stated
Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि)	दधि / दही	Not stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)	दुग्ध / दूध	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	आजय / घी	Not stated
Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल)	तैल	Not stated

Preparation as described

The oil is cooked with the paste and decoction of vata-reducing drugs and the listed liquids, sour fruits and ghee.

वात को नाश करने वाली अैषधियों से बनाया हुआ कल्क व क्वाथ बेर व यव का

How it is used

Used for nasal therapy, head tarpana, affusion, massage and enemas.

उपरोक्र तैल को, अपतानक महावात रोगों में नस्य, सिर का तर्पण, परिष्ोक,

Indicated for, as the text says

Apatantraka (spasmodic disorder)(अपतानक)
Convulsive disorder (akshepaka)(आ़ोप (इहा़ोपापतानक))
Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(महानिलरोग / महावात रोग)

Effect on the doshas, as stated

Vata: pacifies

Therapies involvedNasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म Pouring therapy (parisheka)परिषेक (धारा)Oil massage (abhyanga)अभ्यंग (तेल मालिश)Enema therapy (basti)बस्ति कर्म (एनिमा)

Organs mentionedHeadसिर (शिर)

त्पौायूषदधिदुग्धफलाम्लैस्तैलमाजयसहितं परिपक्वम्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 200 · v. 35-36.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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