Bala oil

Fourteen adhaka of sesame oil is cooked with bala-root decoction six times its quantity, milk and decoctions of kola, bilva, both nightshades, tuntuka, agnimantha, barley and horse gram, and with a paste, a quarter of the oil, of about twenty-five drugs (the ashtavarga, licorice, sandalwood, manjishtha, ashvagandha, devadaru, shatavari, kushtha, tagara, jatamamsi, agaru, vacha, rock salt and others). Stored in a silver, gold or earthen pot, it is called fit for kings; used in drinking, nasya, affusion, pastes and enemas, it is said to remove many diseases of vata, pitta and kapha.