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Drākṣāvaleha
Drākṣāvaleha is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Contents
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.[1]
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 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 100.
