Lakshadi oil is a medicated oil formulation.

Its usage:

1. Fever and headache.
2. Generalised body aches.
3. used in fractures pain.
4. It is used in Ayurvedic therapies such as Abhyanga (massage).

Lakshadi Oil ingredients:

Taila – Sesame oil – Sesamum indicum – 768 ml

Aranala – Fermented gruel – 4.608 liters

Laksha – Laccifer lacca – 32 g

Haridra – Turmeric rhizome – Curcuma longa – 32 g

Manjishta – Indian Madder (root) – Rubia cordifolia – 32 g

In kerala, it is made with coconut oil base, in place of sesame oil. This oil is called Lakshadi kera thailam.

Reference: Bhaishajya Ratnavali.

Another preparation with coconut oil as its base, lakshadi keram tailam.