Pharmaceutico-analytical study of karpasasthyadi taila – a herbal oil used for nasyakarma and greevabasti

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TailaKalpanas are the unique formulations of Ayurveda treatment which are prepared by using oil as base. Tailas are the integral part of Panchakarma which are useful in multiple ways that can be administered in different stages of Panchakarma practice. Tailas are useful for both Bahya and AbhyantaraChikitsa . The indications of Taila yoga in different diseases is based on the nature of different ingredients and the processing of the Taila with different Paka required for its administration through different modes such as Pana, Basti, Nasya & Abhyanga. KarpasastyadiTaila is one such commonly employed Taila which is specifically indicated in the treatment of VataVyadhi and it is indicated in different modes of administration such as NasyaKarma, Abhyanga and Pana. Keeping the above facts in mind, a comparative clinical study was undertaken to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Nasya Karma and GreevaBasti with KarpasasthyadiTaila in Cervical Spondylosis wherein MruduPakitaKarpasasthyadiTaila was used for Nasya Karma , MadhyamaPakitaKarpasasthyadi- Taila was used for GreevaBasti and KharaPakitaKarpasasthyadiTaila was used for MukhaAbhyanga as a Purvakarma in NasyaKarma . The current study was undertaken to analyse and standardise the KarpasasthyadiTaila of different Paka used for NasyaKarma, GreevaBasti and MukhaAbhyanga by adopting standard testing protocol for AYUSH drugs such as Refractive Index, Specific Gravity, Acid Value, Saponification Value, Iodine Value, Unsaponified matter, HPTLC Photodocumentation, Rf Values and Densitometric Scan Keywords: KarpasathyadiTaila, NasyaKarma, GreevaBasti, MukhaAbhyanga, TailaPaka, INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (July, 2017) 5(7) PHARMACEUTICO-ANALYTICAL STUDY OF KARPASASTHYADI TAILA – A HERBAL OIL USED FOR NASYAKARMA AND GREEVABASTI Vinaykumar K N 1 , Muralidhar P Pujar 2 , Sunil Kumar K N 3 1 Ph.D Scholar, Department of PG Studies in Panchakarma, SDM College of Ayurveda,Hassan, Karnataka, India 2 Professor, Department of PG Studies in Panchakarma, SDM College of Ayurveda,Hassan, Karnataka, India 3 Senior Research Officer in Pharmacognosy&Phytochemistry, SDM Centre for Research inAyurveda and Allied Sciences, Kuthpady, Udupi, India Email: knv.gowda@gmail.com ABSTRACT TailaKalpanas are the unique formulations of Ayurveda treatment which are prepared by using oil as base. Tailas are the integral part of Panchakarma which are useful in multiple ways that can be administered in different stages of Panchakarma practice. Tailas are useful for both Bahya and AbhyantaraChikitsa . The indications of Taila yoga in different diseases is based on the nature of different ingredients and the processing of the Taila with different Paka required for its administration through different modes such as Pana, Basti, Nasya & Abhyanga. KarpasastyadiTaila is one such commonly employed Taila which is specifically indicated in the treatment of VataVyadhi and it is indicated in different modes of administration such as NasyaKarma, Abhyanga and Pana. Keeping the above facts in mind, a comparative clinical study was undertaken to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Nasya Karma and GreevaBasti with KarpasasthyadiTaila in Cervical Spondylosis wherein MruduPakitaKarpasasthyadiTaila was used for Nasya Karma , MadhyamaPakitaKarpasasthyadi- Taila was used for GreevaBasti and KharaPakitaKarpasasthyadiTaila was used for MukhaAbhyanga as a Purvakarma in NasyaKarma . The current study was undertaken to analyse and standardise the KarpasasthyadiTaila of different Paka used for NasyaKarma, GreevaBasti and MukhaAbhyanga by adopting standard testing protocol for AYUSH drugs such as Refractive Index, Specific Gravity, Acid Value, Saponification Value, Iodine Value, Unsaponified matter, HPTLC Photodocumentation, Rf Values and Densitometric Scan Keywords: KarpasathyadiTaila, NasyaKarma, GreevaBasti, MukhaAbhyanga, TailaPaka, INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (July, 2017) 5(7) PHARMACEUTICO-ANALYTICAL STUDY OF KARPASASTHYADI TAILA – A HERBAL OIL USED FOR NASYAKARMA AND GREEVABASTI Vinaykumar K N 1 , Muralidhar P Pujar 2 , Sunil Kumar K N 3 1 Ph.D Scholar, Department of PG Studies in Panchakarma, SDM College of Ayurveda,Hassan, Karnataka, India 2 Professor, Department of PG Studies in Panchakarma, SDM College of Ayurveda,Hassan, Karnataka, India 3 Senior Research Officer in Pharmacognosy&Phytochemistry, SDM Centre for Research inAyurveda and Allied Sciences, Kuthpady, Udupi, India Email: knv.gowda@gmail.com ABSTRACT TailaKalpanas are the unique formulations of Ayurveda treatment which are prepared by using oil as base. Tailas are the integral part of Panchakarma which are useful in multiple ways that can be administered in different stages of Panchakarma practice. Tailas are useful for both Bahya and AbhyantaraChikitsa . The indications of Taila yoga in different diseases is based on the nature of different ingredients and the processing of the Taila with different Paka required for its administration through different modes such as Pana, Basti, Nasya & Abhyanga. KarpasastyadiTaila is one such commonly employed Taila which is specifically indicated in the treatment of VataVyadhi and it is indicated in different modes of administration such as NasyaKarma, Abhyanga and Pana. Keeping the above facts in mind, a comparative clinical study was undertaken to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Nasya Karma and GreevaBasti with KarpasasthyadiTaila in Cervical Spondylosis wherein MruduPakitaKarpasasthyadiTaila was used for Nasya Karma , MadhyamaPakitaKarpasasthyadi- Taila was used for GreevaBasti and KharaPakitaKarpasasthyadiTaila was used for MukhaAbhyanga as a Purvakarma in NasyaKarma . The current study was undertaken to analyse and standardise the KarpasasthyadiTaila of different Paka used for NasyaKarma, GreevaBasti and MukhaAbhyanga by adopting standard testing protocol for AYUSH drugs such as Refractive Index, Specific Gravity, Acid Value, Saponification Value, Iodine Value, Unsaponified matter, HPTLC Photodocumentation, Rf Values and Densitometric Scan Keywords: KarpasathyadiTaila, NasyaKarma, GreevaBasti, MukhaAbhyanga, TailaPaka, INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL Vinaykumar K N Et Al