Dhanwantharam Thaila is one of the widely use medicated oil in Ayurveda. This oil is mentioned in the chapter of Garbha vyapat Sharira of Astanga hrudaya sharira stana. It is used in most of the Vata diseases as well as post-delivery treatment and also for kids.
Ingredients of Dhanwantharam Thaila:
Drava dravya
- Balamoola (Sida cordifolia) kashaya – 6 parts
- Paya/Ksheera (Cows Milk) – 6 parts
- Yava (Hordeum vulgare) kashaya – 1 part
- Kola (Zyziphus jujuba) kashaya – 1 part
- Kulatha (Dolichos biflorus) kashaya – 1 part
- Dashamoola kashaya – 1 part
1. Bilva (Aegle marmelos)
2. Agnimantha (Premna mucronata)
3. Shyonaka (Oroxylum indicum)
4. Patala (Stereospermum suaveolens)
5. Gambhari (Gmelina arborea)
6. Brihati (Solanum indicum)
7. Kantakari (Solanum xanthocarpum)
8. Gokshura (Tribulus terrestris)
9. Shalaparni (Desmodium gangeticum)
10. Prishnaparni (Uraria picta)
Kalka dravya
- Dwimeda
1. Meda (Polygonatum cirrhifolium)
2. Mahameda (Polygonatum verticillatum) - Daru/Devadaru (Cedrus deodara)
- Manjishta (Rubia cordifolia)
- Kakolidwaya
1. Kakoli (Fritillaria roylei)
2. Ksheera kakoli (Lilium polyphyllum) - Chandana (Pterocarpus santalinus)
- Sariva (Hemidesmus indicus)
- Kushta (Saussurea lappa)
- Tagara (Valeriana wallichi)
- Jivaka (Malaxis acuminata)
- Rishabaka (Manilkara hexandra)
- Saindhava
- Kalanusari/Krishna sariva (Cryptolepis Buchanani)
- Shaileya (Parmelia perlata)
- Vacha (Acorus calamus)
- Agaru (Aquilaria agallocha)
- Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa)
- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
- Vari/Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus)
- Kshirashukla/Vidari kanda (Ipomoea mauritiana)
- Yashti (Glycyrrhiza glabra)
- Vara/Triphala
1. Haritaki (Terminalia chebula)
2. Vibhitaki (Terminalia bellirica)
3. Amalaki (Emblica officinalis) - Shatahwa (Anethum Sowa)
- Shurpaparni/Mashaparni (Teramnus labialis)
- Ela (Elettaria cardamomum)
- Twak (Cinnamomum zeylanica)
- Patra (Cinnamomum tamala)
taken 1/2 tola each of them
Sneha dravya
- Tila thaila (oil of Sesamum indicum) – 1 part
Indication of Dhanwantharam Thaila :
- Sarva vata roga
- Sutika roga
- Baala roga
- Marma kshata
- Asthi kshata
- Ksheena
- Jwara
- Gulma
- Graha
- Unmada
- Mutraghata
- Antravriddi
- Yoni roga
- Kshaya
Refeerence:
- Astanga hrudaya sharira 2/47 – 52
- Sahasrayoga
Also check out
- Dhanwantharam Ghruta
- Dhanwantharam Kashaya
- Dhanwantharam Gulika
- Dhanwantharam Kuzumbu
- Dhanwantharam Avarti 7
- Dhanwantharam Avarti 14
- Dhanwantharam Avarti 21
- Dhanwantharam Avarti 101
- Dhanwantharam Mezhupaka/Mrudupaka
