Aṣṭāṇgāvaleha

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Kusmaandaka Rasayana Rasāyana is a semisolid avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

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.

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