Karpasasthyadi Thailam
Karpasasthyadi Thailam is a classical Ayurvedic taila, a medicated oil. The Ayurvedic Formulary of India (Part I, entry 8:6) lists 18 ingredients, beginning with Karpasasthi, Bala, Masa and Kulattha.
| Also known as | Karpasasthyadi Thailam, KarpasasthyadiThailam |
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Composition
As given in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, Part I, entry 8:6 (KARPASASTHYADI TAILA), which cites Sahasrayoga, Tailaprakarana, 11.. Names, parts and quantities are transcribed as printed and checked row by row against the book. Manufacturers' versions of a classical formulation can differ from the formulary.
| # | Ingredient | Part | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karpasasthi (karpasa) | endosperm | 768 g. |
| 2 | Bala | root | 768 g. |
| 3 | Masa | seed | 768 g. |
| 4 | Kulattha | seed | 768 g. |
| 5 | Water for decoction | 12.288 l. reduced to [illegible: OCR reads '५९170'] | |
| 6 | Devadaru | heart wood | 16 g. |
| 7 | Bala | root | 16 g. |
| 8 | Rasna | Rt./Lf. | 16 g. |
| 9 | Kustha | root | 16 g. |
| 10 | Sarsapa | seed | 16 g. |
| 11 | Nagara (sunthi) * | rhizome | 16 g. |
| 12 | Satahva | fruit | 16 g. |
| 13 | Pippalimula | root | 16 g. |
| 14 | Cavya | stem | 16 g. |
| 15 | Sigru | stem bark | 16 g. |
| 16 | Punarnava (raktapunarnava) | root | 16 g. |
| 17 | Taila (tila) | oil | 768 g. |
| 18 | Aja ksira | 768 ml. |
* The scanned text was damaged at this row and the name was read from the entry's own Sanskrit verse.
The Formulary gives the dose as 12 g, with anupana, the vehicle it is taken with, of warm water, milk. This is what the Formulary records for the classical preparation. It is not a dose for any product, and not advice to take anything.
Names and identification
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Karpasasthyadi Thailam |
Ayurvedic pharmacology (Dravyaguna)
| Property | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rasa (Taste) | Madhura | Primary taste |
| Guna (Quality) | Guru, Snigdha | Physical quality |
| Virya (Potency) | Ushna | Heating/Cooling effect |
| Vipaka (Post-digestive) | Madhura | Post-digestive effect |
Which traditional uses are supported by research?
No published research is cited on this page. Classical formulations are researched largely in journals that PubMed does not index, so an absence here reflects the reach of the index rather than the state of the evidence.
Dosage forms and preparation
Dosage Forms: Thailam (medicated oil for external use), Internal use variant, Capsules (modern)
Standard Dosage: External: sufficient for Abhyanga/local massage. Internal: 5-10 mL with warm milk as directed. The Ayurvedic Formulary of India, Part I, entry 8:6 states a dose of 12 g; that is a different unit from the figure above and the two cannot be compared without knowing the oil’s density. The formulary’s anupana: warm water, milk. The formulary attributes this formula to Sahasrayoga, Tailaprakarana, 11.
Optimal Timing: External: morning Abhyanga or as part of Panchakarma. Internal: before meals or at bedtime.
Storage: Store in amber glass or HDPE bottles in a cool, dry place. Temperature not exceeding 25°C.
Marker Compounds: Gossypol (safety monitoring), Withanolide A (from Ashwagandha), Ephedrine (from Bala), Beta-sitosterol, Sesamin
Vehicle (Anupana): External: warm oil. Internal: warm milk (the formulary instead gives warm water or milk).
Synergistic Combinations
What manufacturers publish about this preparation
Disclosure first. This site is published by Age Ayurveda, which sells Ayurvedic products, though not this preparation. Every cell states what that company's own product page carried when it was read, not our judgement of it. There is no score, no rank and no winner here, and the table is in alphabetical order for that reason.
The formulary entry above fixes the ingredients and the quantity of each. Whether you can check a particular product against it depends on what its manufacturer publishes. Of the 4 companies surveyed that sell a product under this name, this is what their pages carried when they were read on 8 October 2026.
| Company | What its product page publishes |
|---|---|
| AVN Ayurveda | Neither an ingredient list nor quantities |
| Kerala Ayurveda | An ingredient list, without quantities |
| Sitaram Ayurveda | Neither an ingredient list nor quantities |
| The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Coimbatore | Neither an ingredient list nor quantities |
This measures what each company publishes, not the quality of anything it makes. A company that publishes nothing here may make an excellent preparation, and the label in the box is a separate, regulated surface that is not what was read. What disclosure changes is whether a reader, a pharmacist or an answer engine can check a product against the formulary entry it claims.
Method, the full counts across every company surveyed, and what this measurement got wrong the first time: which manufacturers publish what is in the bottle. The URL of every page read is recorded in brand-disclosure.json. If a row here is wrong, including where the correction favours a company other than ours, tell us and we will fix it and say that we did. How the same companies' stated doses compare with the formulary dose, preparation by preparation: Ayurvedic company doses against the Ayurvedic Formulary of India.
Reviewed by Dr. Awadesh Pratap Singh, BAMS, on 11 October 2026. What that review covered.
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