While there are different massage oils and methods of massage for people with different constitutions, there is a general purpose Ayurvedic massage oil that can be used for all body types when there is no specific vitiation of doshas.
Ingredients:
- Bala (Sida cordifolia) 10 grams
- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) 10 grams
- Brahmi (Centella asiatica) 10 grams
- Sariva (Hemidesmus indicus) 10 grams
- Almond oil 200 ml
- Sesame oil 200 ml
Procedure:
- Collect all the dry ingredients and grind them to a fine paste.
- Heat the sesame oil in a pan on moderate fire.
- Add the pastes of all the herbs and continue to heat the oil. The process should be continued till such time the paste starts to turn black. Remove from the fire.
- Mix the almond oil in the warm oil and let the mixture of the two oils cool down.
- Filter the oil with fine cloth or strainer after cooling and store the oil in glass bottles.
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