Valiya Arimedas Tailam – Ingredients, Uses, Dosage

Valiya Arimedas Thailam or Valiya Arimedas Tailam or Arimedas Tailam(Big) is an ayurvedic medicinal preparation in the form of medicated oil. It is used in treating Toothache, a painful infection of teeth and gums, loose tooth – can be used for gandusham and nasyam. It is said that it can cure all the diseases related to the mouth. It has almost all the qualities of Arimedadi Thailam.

Ingredients of Valiya Arimedas Thailam

The ingredients are taken from the earlier verse mentioned in the same chapter for Khadiradi Gulika.

Sneha Dravya (Oil material)

1. Thila Thaila (oil of Sesamum indicum) – 1 adaka (3.072 kgs)

Drava dravya (Liquid materail)

Kashaya Dravya (Material for decoction)

1. Arimeda (Acacia leucophloea) – 2 tula (9.600gms)
2. Khadira (Acacia catechu) – 1 tula (4.800 gms)

Kalka Dravya (Materials for making the paste)

1. Sevya/Usheera(Vetiveria zizanioides) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
2. Ambu/Hrebera ( Plectranthus vettiveroides) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
3. Pathanga ( Caesalpinia sappan) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
4. Gairikam (Red orche) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
5. Chandanam (Santalum album) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
6. Raktachandana (Pterocarpus santalinus) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
7. Lodhra (Symplocos cochinchinensis var. laurina) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
8. Pundrahwa (Saccharum officinarum) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
9. Yasthimadhu ( Glycyrrhiza glabra) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
10. Anjanam (Lead sulphide) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
11. Dhataki (Woodfordia fruticosa) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
12. Katphala/Gambhari (Gmelina arborea) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
13. Haridra (Curcuma longa) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
14. Rasanjana (Berberis aristata) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
15. Haritaki (Terminalia chebula)  – 1 karsha (12 gms)
16. Amalaki (Phyllanthus emblica)  – 1 karsha (12 gms)
17. Vibhitaki (Terminalia bellirica) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
18. Elam (Elettaria cardamomum) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
19. Twak (Cinnamomum verum) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
20. Patra (Cinnamomum tamala) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
21. Nagakesara (Mesua ferrea) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
22. Musta (Cyperus rotundus) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
23. Manjishta (Rubia cordifolia) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
24. Nyagrodhapraroha (Ficus benghalensis) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
25. Duralabha/Yavashaka (Tragia involucrata) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
26. Padmakam (Nelumbo nucifera) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
27. Samangam (Mimosa pudica) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
28. Lavanga (Syzygium aromaticum) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
29. Kankola/Thakolam (Illicium verum) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
30. Jathipatri (Myristica fragrans – Mace) – 1 karsha (12 gms)
31. Jatiphalam (Myristica fragrans – Nutmeg) – 1 karsha (12 gms)

Patra paka (material added at the end of the preparation)

1. Karpoora (Cinnamomum camphora) – 16 karsha (192 gms)

Preparation of  Valiya Arimedas Thailam

The decoction is prepared taking arimeda bark 2 tula (9.600gms) and khadira sara 1 tula (4.800 gms) with 4 ghataka (49.152 gms) of water and boiled and reduced to one fourth. Then this decoction is filtered and kept.

This decoction is mixed with the paste prepared by the drugs mentioned for making the paste along with the sesame oil and boiled to prepare the thaila.

Once the thaila is prepared it should be filtered and karpoora is added as at the last and stored for the usage.

Indications of Valiya Arimedas Thailam

1. Sarvasya roga hara (cures all oral diseases)
2. Danta Sthirata (firm teeth)

Mode of use, Dosage, and Adjuvant

Valiya Arimedas Thailam is used as nasal administration (nasya), Pana (internal consumption), gandusha ( keeping in mouth), enema (vasti) and abhyanga according to the ayurvedic texts, but mostly is used for abhyanga/Shiro abhyanga, gandusha.

It is said to be more potent than Arimedadi Thailam.

Reference:

1. Astanga Hrudaya Uttara Stana 22/90-96

Also Read about Arimedadi Thailam, Khadiradi Gulika