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Botanical Name:
Eucalyptus oil
Nilgiri Taila is the essential oil obtained by steam
distillation of the fresh leaves of Eucalyptus globulus
Labill or from other species of Eucalyptus, Family Myrtaceae
Common Name(s) in English & Indian Languages
Sanskrit: Nilaniryasa taila, Ekalipth taila, Sugandha Patrah
taila
English: Eucalyptus oil
Guajarati: Nilgiri tail
Hindi: Nilagiri tel, Yukeliptus tel
Kannada: Nilagirienne tailam
Malayalam: Nilagiri tailam
Marathi: Nilagiri Tela
Oriya: Nilagiri tel
Punjabi: Eucalyptus tel
Tamil: Nilagiri Tailam Yukkaalimaram Tailam
Telugu: Nilagiri Tailam, Eucalyptus Tailam, Jeevakamu Tailam
Urdu: Rogan Eucalyptus Tel
Description:
A colourless to pale-yellow liquid; odour, aromatic and
camphoraceous; taste, pungent and camphoraceous, followed by
a cold sensation.
Identification Test indicating the presence of phellandrene:
Mix 1 ml oil with 2 ml of glacial acetic acid and 5 ml of
light petroleum (600to 800), add 2 ml of a saturated
solution of sodium nitrite and shake the mixture gently; no
crystalline precipitate forms in the apex layer
Therapeutic uses:
• Digestive impairment (Agnimandya)
• Rheumatism (Amvata)
• Sinusitis in children (Bala pratisyaya)
• Cystitis (Bastisotha)
• Non-healing ulcer (Dusta vrana)
• Fever (Jvara)
• Cough (Kasa)
• Helminthiasis / worm infestation (Krmi)
• Chronic rhinitis / sinusitis (Pinasa)
• Coryza (Pratisyaya)
• Osteoarthritis (Sandhivata)
• Headache (Sirasula)
• Puerperal fever (Sutika Jvara)
• Asthma (Svasa)
• Skin disease (Tvakroga)
• Tuberculosis (Yaksma) |
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