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Kalyāṇāvaleha

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Kalyāṇāvaleha is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients of the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Haridrā API Curcuma longa Rz. 1 part
Vacā API Acorus calamus Rz. 1 part
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 1 part
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 1 part
Śuṇṭhī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 part
Ajājī (Śveta Jīraka API) Cuminum cyminum Fr. 1 part
Ajamodā API Apium leptophyllum Fr. 1 p art
Yaṣṭīmadhu (Yaṣṭī API) Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 1 part
Saindhava lavaṇa API Rock salt 1 part
Sarpi (Goghṛta API ) Clarified butter from cow’s milk Q.S (6 parts)

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Clean, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 9 separately and pass through sieve number 85. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
  • Add Sarpi (Goghṛta) to the mixture, stir thoroughly to form a semisolid mass.
  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.[1]

Description

  • Semisolid paste, yellowish-brown in color with pungent odour, astringent and salty taste

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Svarabheda (Hoarseness of voice), Mūkatā (Aphasia).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 5.5 per cent
Total ash Not more than 12.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 2.0 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 46.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 11.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 5.1 and 5.3, Appendix 3.3.
Starch Not less than 42.0 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 18 .