Aṣṭāṇgāvaleha

Aṣṭāṇgāvaleha is a semisolid avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Katphala API	Myrica nagi	St Bk.	1 part
Pauskara (Puskara API)	Inula racemosa	Rt.	1 part
Śringī (Karkatasrngī API)	Pistacia integerrima	Gl.	1 part
Yamānī (Yavānī API)	Trachyspermum ammi	Fr.	1 part
Kāravī (Krsnajīraka API)	Carum carvi	Fr.	1 part
Śunthī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	1 part
Marīca API	Piper nigrum	Fr.	1 part
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	1 part
Madhu API	Honey		12 parts
Ārdraka API (Svarasa)	Zingiber officinale	Fresh juice of Rz.	Q.S.for Bhāvana

Method of preparation

• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients 1 to 8 separately and pass through sieve number 85.
• Wash and peel Ārdraka, grind it, squeeze the juice and filter it through a muslin cloth to collect svarasa.
• Mix the powdered ingredients 1 to 8 thoroughly, levigate with Ārdraka svarasa and later dry the mixture.
• Add honey and stir thoroughly to form an avaleha.
• Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.

Description

• A blackish brown coloured semisolid sticky paste, odour pleasant, taste bitter, astringent and spicy.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Vātakaphajvara (Fever due to vāta doşa and kapha doşa), Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Dyspnoea), Aruci (Tastelessness), Chardi (Emesis).

Dose

• 3 to 5 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 32.0 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 2.70 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 0.50 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 51.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 47.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	6.3 to 6.6