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Latest revision as of 17:16, 23 September 2018

Lavangaadi Vati is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.

Formulation composition

Lava´ga API Syzigium aromaticum Fl. Bd. 1 part
Marica API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 part
AkÀaphalatvak (Bibh¢taka API) Terminalia belerica P. 1 part
Khadiras¡ra (Khadira API) Acacia catechu Wd. Ext. 3 parts
Babb£lav¤kÀaja (Babb£la API) KaÀ¡ya Acacia arabica St. Bk. QS

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopeial quality.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredients numbered 1 to 3 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve(sieve number 85).
  • Powder separately the ingredient number 4 of the Formulation Composition and pass through 180 µm I. S. sieve.
  • Wash, clean, dry the ingredient number 5 of the Formulation Composition, powder separately and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) (kvatha dravya).[1]

Description

  • Spherical pill, blackish brown in colour with a pleasant odour, taste bitter and astringent.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Kasa (Cough), shvasa (Asthma).

Dose

  • 500 mg - 1 g per day in divided doses (to be kept in mouth till it dissolves).

Physico-chemical parameters

Total Ash Not more than 5.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1.0 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 26 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 22 per cent
Loss on drying Not more than 14 per cent
pH (1 % aqueous solution) 4 to 5

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 118.