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|Ārdraka API ([[Svarasa]])|| [[Zingiber officinale]] ||Fresh juice of Rz. ||Q.S.for Bhāvana | |Ārdraka API ([[Svarasa]])|| [[Zingiber officinale]] ||Fresh juice of Rz. ||Q.S.for Bhāvana | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 6 September 2018
Aṣṭāṇgāvaleha is a semisolid avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Contents
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.[1]
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 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 2.
