Anu Oil (Anutaila)
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Great remedy for nasal administration (Nasya).
Modern description
A classical Ayurvedic oil used for Nasya (nasal administration) to alleviate headaches, improve vision, and balance Kapha dosha.
Purpose
Great remedy for nasal administration (Nasya).
Indications
- Diseases of head, eyes, nose, and ears (ENT related disorders), headache, premature graying of hair, hair fall, sinusitis, rhinitis, dryness of nasal passages, weak sense organs.
Classical indications
- Peenasa (Rhinitis)
- Shiro Shoola (Headache)
- Jatrurddhva Vikara Nashana (prevention of conditions above the collarbone)
Karma
- Vatahara
- Kaphavardhana
- Balya
- Rasayana
Key ingredients
- Jivanti
- Jala
- Devadaru
- Twak
- Musta
- Ela
- Agaru
- Suradaru (Cedrus deodara
- Daruharidra
- Madhuka
- Gopi
- Tvakpatra
- Kamala
- Bala
- Ushira
- Shatavari
- Brihati
- Kantakari
- Prishniparni
- Shalaparni
Adult dose
5-10 drops in each nostril
Pediatric dose
1-3 drops in each nostril
Preparation steps
- Collect all the ingredients and wash them properly with clean water.
- Boil the drugs with a hundred times of rain water to prepare a decoction.
- Reduce the solution to ten times the quantity of the oil.
- Boil sesame oil in the solution for ten times.
- At the tenth stage of boiling, add an equal quantity of goat milk to the decoction.
- Once prepared, the oil is filtered and stored in a clean container.
Safety contraindications
- Acute Pitta conditions
- Bleeding disorders
- Sesame allergy
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Classical & Scientific References
- Classical source treatise: Ashtanga Hridaya, Sutrasthana Adhyaya 20. Nasya vidhi adhyayah, Verse 38.
- Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI), Part I & II, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
- Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Sharangadhara Samhita, and Sahasrayogam clinical guidelines.
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