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Lavangaadi Vati
Lavangaadi Vati is a pill preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation Composition given below.
Contents
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
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-III, page no 118.
