
Benefits:
Gandha Tailam is a classical Ayurveda preparation described in the fracture management. It has wide application in all type of strains, sprains and ligament injuries. In non-healing recurrent ligament injuries, a special samana or sodhana snehapana with Gandha tail will help to avoid surgeries. The ligament injuries are always nightmares for sports persons and if you are taking mild dose of Gandha tail, it will help to strengthen the bones, muscles and ligaments and avoid the chances of getting frequent injuries.
Reference: Ashtanga hridayam Uttarastanam

Ingredients
Composition of Gandha Tail
Each 10ml is prepared from
Sanskrit Name | Latin Name | Weight in gms | |
1. | Tila | Sesamum indicum | 40 |
2. | Madhuka (Acqueous extract) | Glycyrrhiza glabra | 13.333 |
3. | Nalada | Vetiveria zizaniodes | .06 |
4. | Valaka | Coleus zeylanicus | .02 |
5. | Manjishta | Rubia cordifolia | .02 |
6. | Nakha | Ostrea edulis | .02 |
7. | Misi | Peucedanum graveolena | .02 |
8. | Punarnava | Boerhaavia diffusa | .02 |
9. | Pushkara | Inula racemosa | .02 |
10. | Bala | Sida cordifolia | .02 |
11. | Atibala | Abutilon indicum | .02 |
12. | Sariba | Hemidescus indicus | .02 |
13. | Sarala | Pinus longifolia | .02 |
14. | Sarjarasa | Vatenia indica | .02 |
15. | Devdaru | Cedrus deodara | .02 |
16. | Patmaka | Prunus ceresaoides | .02 |
17. | Pundra | Saccharum officinarum | .02 |
18. | Tuga | Zea mays | .02 |
19. | Sringi | Pistacia chinensis | .02 |
20. | Amruta | Tinospora cordifolia | .02 |
21. | Jivanti | Holostemma annulare | .02 |
22. | Ashwagandha | Withania somnifera | .02 |
23. | Satavari | Asparagus racemosus | .02 |
24. | Mudgaparni | Centroseme pubescens | .02 |
25. | Mashaparni | Vinga rediata | .02 |
26. | Madhuka | Glycyrrhiza glabra | .02 |
27. | Rasna | Alpinia galanga | .02 |
28. | Amsumati | Pseudarthria viscida | .02 |
29. | Kaseru | Cyprus rotundus | .02 |
30. | Tagar | Trigonella foenum- graceum | .02 |
31. | Nata | Valeriana jatamansi | .02 |
32. | Nagakesara | Mesua ferrea | .02 |
33. | Lodhra | Symplococus reacemosa | .02 |
34. | Ksheerasukla | Ipomea paniculata | .02 |
35. | Doorva | Cynodon dactylon | .02 |
36. | Saileya | Asphaltum | .02 |
37. | Kumkuma | Crocus sativus | .02 |
38. | Ksheera | Milk | 40 |
39. | Jala | R O Water | qs |
Preparation of Gandha Tail:
Take Sesame seeds and bundle it in a strong cotton piece and put it in flowing
water for 7 nights, followed by dipping in Milk and Madhuka decoction for 7
days each and dry in sunlight every day. Powder the sesame seeds and add
following medicines – Usheer, Valaka, Manjishta,Naguna, Sathahwa, Musta,
Kottam, Urakam, Bala dwaya, Akil, Chandan, Kumkuma, Sariba, Sarala, Sarjaras,
Devdaru, Padmkadi gana – 1/10th of Sesame seeds and extract the oil by adding
the milk prepared with Kachura, valaka, Useer, Kottam and Chandan. To that oil
add pastes of Vidari, Doorva, Shilajit, Rasna, Prisniparni, Musta, Tagar, Ila,
Lodra and 4 times Milk and cook to make Gandha Tail.
Indications: Strengthen bones, heals fractures, correct ligament tears, all
strong chronic diseases of Vata Pita predominance.
Dosage and mode of administration: 10 drops twice daily or as per the advise of
a qualified Ayurveda Physician.
Usage:
In menisci injuries of Knee involving MCL
injuries, Gandha tail along with Balaguloochyadi qwath (10: 1: 1) is a good
choice to avoid surgeries.
In ankle injuries involving anterior and posterior
talofibular ligaments, Gandha tail along with Sahacharadi qwath and
Dhanwantharam Avarthi is yielding good results.
In multiple fractures, regular use of Gandha tail is hot
milk will facilitate speedy perfect healing.
Diet: Vegetarian diet with less spicy fat free food.
Exercise: Depending of the severity of the injury, 21 days to 90 days
immobilisation is advised. The exercises can be started only under the medical advise.
Research Papers.
The clinical evaluaton of efficacy of Gandha thailam in the management of aswakarna kandabhagna W.S.R to Colle’s fracture by Dr. Deepak.C.Nair confirms the efficacy of Gandha Thailam in fracture management. 52.172.27.147:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7573/1/Deepak%20C%20Nair.pdf

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Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal, Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala, Kerala Ayurveda, SNA Oushadhasala, AVN Madurai, AVP Coimbatore, Sitaram.
Soft gel capsules are also available now for easy intake.