PRAPUNDAREEKADI THAILAM-Benefits, Ingredients, Indications, Dosage, Usage, Preparation, Side effects, Equivalent Medicines, Research Papers

Prapundareekadi tailam is an Ayurvedic medicine used in the treatment of diseases affecting the head. This medicine is in the form of herbal oil.

BENEFITS OF PRAPUNDAREEKADI THAILAM

• This medicine is used in the management of diseases of the head ( shiras).
• This medicine is administrated as oil massage on the head.
• This type of administration of medicine in Ayurveda known as abhyangam.
• This can be also being given as nasya (nasal instillation).

INDICATIONS OF PRAPUNDAREEKADI THAILAM

• Migraine
• Vascular headache
• Insomnia
• Stress
• Hair greying

  INGREDIENTS OF PRAPUNDAREEKADI THAILAM

METHOD OF PREPARATION

Oil prepared with the juice of amalaki and paste of rest of the above-mentioned drugs and the Sesame oil.

DOSHA- DUSHYA PREDOMINANCE AND ROGA MARGA

• Dosha – This medicine is recommended for the treatment of vata, pitta dosha imbalance.
• Dushya- useful in diseases affecting rasa, raktha, mamsa,asthi,majja dhatu – pain in and around the head, greying of hair
• Roga marga – This medicine can be administered in diseases affecting all roga marga

madhyama roga marga – headache

DOSAGE AND USAGE

External application on the head or as nasya (nasal instillation) or as directed by an Ayurvedic doctor.

EXERCISES AND YOGA

Yoga and Pranayama are a set of breathing and stretching exercises respectively, widely practised in the treatment of many diseases.

• Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – for getting calmness to the mind provide overall health

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

The following yoga practices help to release the stress and improve circulation.

• Padahasthasana (Standing Forward Bend)
• Setu Bandhasana (Bridge Pose)
• Paschimottanasana (Two-legged Forward Bend)
• Padmasana (Lotus Pose)
• Shavasana (Corpse Pose)

              RECOMMENDED DIET AND BEHAVIOUR

• Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold, more salty, sour and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
• Consume easily digestible food items.
• Oil massage on the head is advised. This alleviates vata dosha.
• Avoid smoking and alcohol.

SIDE EFFECTS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

• This medicine should only administer as per the direction by the physician.
• Improper administration may lead to side effects

• Can this medicine be used while taking Allopathic treatments for the headache?

Seek your doctor’s advice if you are using this medicine along with Allopathic treatments.

• How long the medicine can be used?

Duration of medicinal administration is based on your stage of the disease. Before using medicine consult a physician.

• Can this medicine use for sinusitis?

This oil is effective in vata predominant diseases so less effective in sinusitis.

           CLASSICAL REFERENCE

• Ashtanga hridaya – uttara sthana

EQUIVALENT MEDICINES

• Shatbindu tailam used for headache as nasal instillation
• Anutailam

           AVAILABLE BRANDS

• Kottakkal Arya vaidya sala
• AVP
• Vaidyaratnam

RESEARCH PAPERS

1.     The effect of a scalp massage on stress hormone, blood pressure, and heart rate of healthy female

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5088109/

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