Cyavanaprāśa

Cyavanaprāśa is a semisolid avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below:

Formulation composition:

Bilva API	Aegle marmelos	Rt./St.Bk.	48g
Agnimantha API	Premna integrifolia	Rt./St.Bk.	48g
Śyonāka API	Oroxylum indicum	Rt./St.Bk.	48g
Kāśmarī (Gambhārī API)	Gmelina arborea	Rt./St.Bk.	48g
Pātalā API	Stereospermum suaveolens	Rt./St.Bk.	48g
Balā API	Sida cordifolia	Rt. 48	g
Śālaparṇī API	Desmodium gangeticum	Pl.	48g
P¨śnipar´ī API	Uraria picta	Pl. 4	8g
Mudgapar´ī API	Phaseolus trilobus	Rt. /Pl	48g
Mā¾apar´ī API	Teramnus labialis	Rt. /Pl	48g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	48g
Śvada¼¾°rā(Gok¾ura API)	Tribulus terrestris P	l. 4	8g
B¨hatī API	Solanum indicum	Pl.	48g
Ka´°akārī API	Solanum surattense	Pl.	48g
Ś¨¬gī API	Pistacia integerrima	Gl.	48g
Tāmalakī (Bhūmyāmalakī API) P	hyllanthus amarus	Pl.	48g
Drāk¾ā API	Vitis vinifera Dr.	Fr.	48g
Jīvantī API	Leptadenia reticulata	Rt.	48g
Pu¾kara API	Inula racemosa	Rt.	48g
Agaru API	Aquilaria agallocha	Ht.Wd.	48g
Abhayā (Harītakī API)	Terminalia chebula	P.	48g
Am¨tā (Gu²ūcī API)	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	48g
§ddhi API	Habenaria intermedia Sub.	Rt. Tr.	48g
Jīvaka API	Malaxis acuminata	Pseudo-bulb	48g
R¾abhaka API	Malaxis muscifera	Rt. Tr.	48g
Śa°ī API	Hedychium spicatum	Rz.	48g
Mustā API	Cyperus rotundus R	t. Tr.	48g
Punarnavā (Raktapunarnavā API)	Boerhaavia diffusa	Pl.	48g
Medā API	Polygonatum cirrhifolium	Rt.Tr.	48g
Elā (Sūk¾mailā API)	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	48g
Candana (Śvetacandana API)	Santalum album	Ht. Wd.	48g
Utpala API	Nymphaea stellata	Fl.	48g
Vidārī (Kanda) API	Pueraria tuberosa	Rt. Tr.	48g
V¨¾amūla (Vāsā API )	Adhatoda vasica	Rt.	48g
Kākolī API	Lilium polyphyllum Sub	. Rt.	48g
Kākanāsīkā API	Martynia annua	Fr.	48g
Āmalaka (Āmalakī API)	Phyllanthus emblica(Emblica officinalis)	P.	5 kg
Jala API for decoctionReduced to	Water		12.29 l3.07 l
Gh¨ta API C	larified butter from cow’smilk		288 g
Taila (Tila API)	Sesamum indicum oil.		288 g
Matsya´²ikā (Śarkarā API)	Sugar 2.		4 kg
Madhu API	Honey		288 g
Tugāk¾īrī (Va¼śa API)	Bambusa bambos Siliceousdeposit		192 g
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	96 g
Tvak API	Cinnamomum zeylancium	St. Bk.	48g
Elā API	Elettaria cardamomum	Sd.	48g
Patra ( Tejapatra API) C		innamomum tamala Lf.	48g
Keśara (Nāgakeśara API)	Mesua ferrea	Stmn.	48g

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry, powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 36 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition and pass through sieve number 44.
• Wash, dry, powder the ingredients numbered 43 to 48 (Prak¾epa) and pass through sieve number 85. Add sufficient amount of water to the Kvātha dravya.

Description

• Semisolid, chocolate brown colored sticky paste, taste sweet with non-specific pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Kāsa (cough), Śvāsa (Dyspnoea), Kshata kshīna (Debility due to chest injury), Svarabheda (hoarseness of voice), Kshaya (Pthisis), Hrdroga (Heart disease), Agnimāndya (loss of appetite), Uroroga (disease of thorax), Vātarakta (Gout), Pipāsā (thirst), Mūtraroga (urinary diseases), Śukra dosha (abnormalities in semen), Jarā (senility/progeriasis). Used as a Rasāyana (rejuvenating agents), Medhya (brain tonic/ nootropic), Sm¨tiprada (memory provider).

Dose

• 25 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Water, Milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 9 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 2.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1.0 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 50.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 50.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	3.82 to 4.23