Vāsāvaleha

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

Formulation composition

Bhallātaka API (Śuddha)	Semecarpus anacardium	Fr.	1 part
Pathyā (Harītakī API )	Terminalia chebula	P.	1 part
Tila API	Sesamum indicum	Sd.	1 part
Gu²a API	Jaggery		6 parts

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 pu°a pāka vidhi (Annexure 6.1.4)
• 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

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