Drākṣāvaleha

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

Formulation composition

Drākṣā API	Vitis vinifera	Dr. Fr.	768 g
Kaṇā (Pippalī) API	Piper longum	Fr.	768 g
Śarkarā API	Sugar		2.800 kg
Madhuka (Yaṣṭī) API	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Rt.	96 g
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	96 g
Tvakṣīrī (Vaṁśa API)	Bambusa arundinacea	S.C.	96 g
Dhātrī (Āmalakī)	Phalarasa Embelica officinalis	P.	12.288 l
Madhu Honey 768 g

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash the Draaksha with fresh water, till it becomes clean and drain the water completely. Remove the seeds and crush to a fine paste.
• Clean, dry the ingredients numbered 2, 4 and 5 of the formulation composition, powder separately and pass through sieve number 85.
• Clean the ingredient number 6 of the formulation composition, powder and pass through sieve number 120.

Description

• Semi solid, malleable, dark brown, sticky preparation, with a spicy odour, sour and pungent, sweet taste.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Pāṇḍu (anemia), Kāmalā (jaundice), Halīmaka (chronic obstructive Jaundice/chlorosis/advanced stage of jaundice).

Dose

• 6 to 12 gm twice a day.

Anupāna

• water, milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash	Not more than 2.5 per cent
Acid insoluble ash	Not more than 0.8 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 55.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 65.0 per cent
Reducing suga	25 to 35 per cent
Non-reducing sugar	4.7 to 6.3 per cent
pH (5 % aqueous solution)	3.35 to 3.75