Jeevanthyadiyamakam is an Ayurvedic formulation for external application in different types of skin disorders.
Yamaka is a type of sneha kalpana. Sneha kalpana is that which is prepared with any of the four snehas (oleaginous substances) – ghrta, taila, vasa, and majja – as the base, by subjecting to a specific heating pattern with kalka and kwatha/drava dravya. Through this process, the active therapeutic properties of the medicines are assimilated into the sneha dravya.
Usually, only one among the sneha dravyas, ie either one of ghrta, taila, vasa, and majja, is used as the base. Yamaka kalpana is unique in that it has a mixture of ghrta and taila as the base.
INDICATIONS
Kushta (skin disorders) in Ayurveda is divided into two types – Maha kushta and Kshudra kushta.
According to Ashtangahrdayam Jivantyadi yamaka is to be used in vata-kapha predominant kshudra kushtas.
- Vipadika – cracks in soles of feet and palms associated with excruciating pain
- Carmakhya – skin becomes thick like the skin elephant
- Eka – absence of sweating, resembles scales of fish
- Kitibha – hard, rough and blackish brown in colour
A point to be noted is that the external therapies in kushta is advised when the doshas are only pertaining to the twak (skin). If the internal doshadushti is not corrected, the condition will aggravate.
INGREDIENTS
| Sanskrit name | Latin name | English name | Quantity |
| 1. Jivanti | Leptadenia reticulate | Cork swallow-wort | 10 grams |
| 2. Manjishta | Rubia cordifolia | Common madder | 10 grams |
| 3. Darvi | Berberis aristata | Indian barberry | 10 grams |
| 4. Kampillaka | Mallotus philippinensis | Kamala tree | 10 grams |
| 5. Arka ksheera | Calotropis procera | Rubber bush | 10 grams |
| 6. Tutha | Copper sulphate | 10 grams | |
| 7. Sarjarasa | Vateria indica | The resin of white dammer tree | 10 grams |
| 8. Madhucchista | Beeswax | 10 grams | |
| 9. Ghrta | Cow’s ghee | 100 ml | |
| 10. Taila | Sesamum indicum | Sesame oil | 100 ml |
| 11. Jala | Water | 800 ml |
METHOD OF PREPARATION
Ingredients 1 to 5 are made into kalka (paste) and is boiled in the mixture of ghrta and taila along with water. Once it attains the khara paka (complete evaporation of the water content), it is taken out of the flame, and powders of ingredients 6,7,8 are added and mixed well.
USAGE
- To be used as an external application
CONTRAINDICATIONS
- Not to be used internally
- May cause an allergic reaction in some people
CLASSICAL REFERENCE
Ashtangahrdayam Cikitsasthana 19/77-78
jīvantī mañjiṣṭhā dārvī kampillakaṃ payas tuttham |
eṣa ghṛta-taila-pākaḥ siddhaḥ siddhe ca sarja-rasaḥ ||
deyaḥ sa-madhūcchiṣṭo vipādikā tena naśyati hyaktā |
carmaika-kuṣṭha-kiṭibhaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ śāmyatyalasakaṃ ca ||
EQUIVALENT MEDICINES
- Vajraka taila
- Mahavajraka taila
BRANDS AVAILABLE
- Kottakkal Aryavaidyasala
- Vaidyarathnam Oushadhasala
- AVP Coimbatore
- SNA Oushadhasala
- Kerala Ayurveda
- Sitaram Ayurveda
RESEARCH PAPERS
- TO STUDY THE EFFICACY OF HARIDRA AND AMALAKI CHURNA ORALLY & SNEHANA WITH JIVANTYADI GHRITA TAILA (YAMAKAM) AND NADI SWEDANA WITH EARTH WORM SOIL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KITIBHA (PSORIASIS)
http://worldwidejournals.co.in/index.php/gjra/article/view/4819
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