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Vāsāvaleha

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

Formulation composition

Vāsaka (Vāsā API) svarasa Adhatoda vasica Lf. (Fresh) 768 g
Sitā API Sugar candy 384 g
Sarpi (Goghṛta API) Clarified butter from cow’s milk 96 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 96 g
Madhu API Honey 384 g

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Take fresh leaves of Vāsā, wash with water. Chop the leaves to about 2.5 cm, grind into a paste and prepare vāsā svarasa through puṭa pāka vidhi
  • Clean, dry, grind Pippalī into fine powder and pass through sieve no. 85.
  • Add powdered Śarkarā to Vāsā svarasa, heat mildly and filter through muslin cloth, after complete dissolution of Śarkarā. Stir continuously while heating on mild fire.
  • Concentrate the above mixture by continuous stirring on low fire[1]

Description

  • Dark brown coloured, semi solid, malleable, sticky preparation with odour of ghee; taste bitter and pungent.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Dyspnoea), Jvara (Fever), Raktapitta (Bleeding disorders), Rājayakshmā (Tuberculosis), Pārśvaśūla (Intercostal neuralgia and pleurodynia), Hrtśūla (Angina pectoris).

Dose

  • 12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Milk, Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 12.16 per cent
Total ash Not more than 2.5 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 0.15 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 20 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 60 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 4.35 to 4.9
Total sugar 83 to 88 per cent
Reducing sugars 44 to 45 per cent
Non-reducing sugars 38 to 43 per cent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 33.