For ear disease, the head is saturated with bala oil, or a cotton pad soaked in the oil is kept on the head; nasal medication and pouring oil into the ear are also beneficial.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- बलातैल
- Hindi
- बला तैल
- English
- Bala oil for the head
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Bala (country mallow)खरैटी (बला) | बलारुयतैल / बला तैल | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तैल | Not stated |
How it is used
Applied to the head as head saturation, with nasal medication and ear instillation.
बला तैल शिर में लगावें, अथवा तैल में भिगोये गए पिचु को शिर पर रखें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Ear disorders (karnaroga)(कर्ण रोग)
Therapies involvedEye nourishing therapy (tarpana, putapaka)तर्पण (नेत्र तर्पण)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म
बलारुयतैलेन शिरोवितर्पणं । सनस्यकर्मात्रा निष्ोचनं हितं ॥ 19॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 263 · v. 19.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- remedy_bala_taila_p335_3