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Sūṛaṇāvaleha
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Sūraavaleha is a semisolid avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below:
Contents
Formulation composition
Sūra´a API | Amorphophallus campanulatus | Fresh corm | 4.800 kg |
Jala API for decoction | Water | 9.600 l | |
Reduced to | 4.800 l | ||
Gh¨ta (Gogh¨ta API) | Clarified butter from Cow’s milk | 384 g | |
Kha´²a API | Sugar candy | 4.8 kg | |
Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 96 g |
Śu´°hī API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 96 g |
Jīraka (Śveta jīraka API) | Cuminum cyminum | Fr. | 96 g |
Dhānyaka API | Coriandrum sativum | Fr. | 24 g |
Patra (Tejapatra API ) | Cinnamomum tamala | Lf. | 24 g |
Elā (Śūk¾mailā API) | Elettaria cardamomum | Sd. | 24 g |
Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 24 g |
Tvak API | Cinnamomum zeylanicum | St. Bk. | 24 g |
K¾audra (Madhu API) | Honey | 192 g |
Method of preparation
- Take all material of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry, powder ingredients numbered 5 to 12 (Prak¾epa dravya) separately and pass through sieve number 85.
- Remove the skin of Sūra´a, wash and cut into pieces. Add water in a quantity sufficient to boil the Sūra´a which could be mashed easily to make a paste maintaining temperature between 900 to 1000 for boiling. Strain the liquid through the muslin cloth.[1]
Description
- Semi solid, malleable, dark brown, sticky preparation with spicy odour and pungent, sweet taste
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Mandāgni (dyspepsia), Mūkhavāta (obstructed movement of Vāta dosha), Arishta (piles).
Dose
- 20 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Water, Milk
Physico-chemical parameters
Loss on drying | Not more than 32.0 per cent |
Total ash | Not more than 0.1 per cent |
Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 0.05 per cent |
Alcohol-soluble extractive | Not less than 25 per cent |
Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 50 per cent |
pH (1% aqueous solution) | 4.0 to 4.3 |
Total sugar | 80 to 90 per cent |
Reducing sugars | 62 to 65 per cent |
Non-reducing sugars | 18 to 20 per cent |
Starch content | Not less than 3 per cent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 30 .