Pharmaceutical and therapeutical study of Stree Kutaja Taila with special reference to autoimmune skin disorders

Abstract

Sneha kalpana is one of the pharmaceutics which are used extensively in the field of Ayurveda for various disorders. It is one of the widely used techniques in Ayurvedic industries to achieve solubility of both fat- and water-soluble extractive into lipid medium through Agni paka as well as Adithya paka. Adithya paka is the method of taila paka where the taila yoga is prepared by exposing it into sunlight. There is very minimum reference regarding procedure of adithya paka which are scattered in classics. Among those tailas Stree Kutaja taila is been used widely in clinical practice for all type of skin disorders especially those which is caused by autoimmune malfunctioning. The properties of Stree Kutaja and Narikela taila helps in alleviating skin diseases where the Adithya paka Samskara will enhance the efficacy of taila. This paper consists of detailed procedure of Stree kutaja taila preparation and therapeutic action on autoimmune skin disorders with its probable mode of action