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Cyavanaprāśa

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Cyavanaprāśa is a semisolid avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below:

Formulation composition:

Bilva API Aegle marmelos Rt./St.Bk. 48g
Agnimantha API Premna integrifolia Rt./St.Bk. 48g
Śyonāka API Oroxylum indicum Rt./St.Bk. 48g
Kāśmarī (Gambhārī API) Gmelina arborea Rt./St.Bk. 48g
Pātalā API Stereospermum suaveolens Rt./St.Bk. 48g
Balā API Sida cordifolia Rt. 48 g
Śālaparṇī API Desmodium gangeticum Pl. 48g
Pṛśniparṇī API Uraria picta Pl. 4 8g
Mudgaparṇī API Phaseolus trilobus Rt. /Pl 48g
Māsaparṇī API Teramnus labialis Rt. /Pl 48g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 48g
Śvadaṁṣṭrā(Gokṣura API) Tribulus terrestris Pl. 4 8g
Bṛhatī API Solanum indicum Pl. 48g
Kaṛṇakārī API Solanum surattense Pl. 48g
Śṛṇgī API Pistacia integerrima Gl. 48g
Tāmalakī (Bhūmyāmalakī API) P hyllanthus amarus Pl. 48g
Drākṣā API Vitis vinifera Dr. Fr. 48g
Jīvantī API Leptadenia reticulata Rt. 48g
Puṣkara API Inula racemosa Rt. 48g
Agaru API Aquilaria agallocha Ht.Wd. 48g
Abhayā (Harītakī API) Terminalia chebula P. 48g
Amṛtā (Gu²ūcī API) Tinospora cordifolia St. 48g
Ṛddhi API Habenaria intermedia Sub. Rt. Tr. 48g
Jīvaka API Malaxis acuminata Pseudo-bulb 48g
Rṣabhaka API Malaxis muscifera Rt. Tr. 48g
Śaṭī API Hedychium spicatum Rz. 48g
Mustā API Cyperus rotundus Rt. Tr. 48g
Punarnavā (Raktapunarnavā API) Boerhaavia diffusa Pl. 48g
Medā API Polygonatum cirrhifolium Rt.Tr. 48g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 48g
Candana (Śvetacandana API) Santalum album Ht. Wd. 48g
Utpala API Nymphaea stellata Fl. 48g
Vidārī (Kanda) API Pueraria tuberosa Rt. Tr. 48g
Vṛṣamūla (Vāsā API ) Adhatoda vasica Rt. 48g
Kākolī API Lilium polyphyllum Sub. Rt. 48g
Kākanāsīkā API Martynia annua Fr. 48g
Āmalaka (Āmalakī API) Phyllanthus emblica(Emblica officinalis) P. 5 kg
Jala API for decoctionReduced to Water 12.29 l3.07 l
Ghṛta API Clarified butter from cow’smilk 288 g
Taila (Tila API) Sesamum indicum oil. 288 g
Matsyaṇḍikā (Śarkarā API) Sugar 2. 4 kg
Madhu API Honey 288 g
Tugākṣīrī (Vaṃśa API) Bambusa bambos Siliceousdeposit 192 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 96 g
Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylancium St. Bk. 48g
Elā API Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 48g
Patra ( Tejapatra API) Cinnamomum tamala Lf. 48g
Keśara (Nāgakeśara API) Mesua ferrea Stmn. 48g

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry, powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 36 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition and pass through sieve number 44.
  • Wash, dry, powder the ingredients numbered 43 to 48 (Praksepa) and pass through sieve number 85. Add sufficient amount of water to the Kvātha dravya.[1]

Description

  • Semisolid, chocolate brown colored sticky paste, taste sweet with non-specific pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Dyspnoea), Kṣata kṣīṇa (Debility due to chest injury), Svarabheda (Hoarseness of voice), Kshaya (Pthisis), Hrdroga (Heart disease), Agnimāndya (Loss of appetite), Uroroga (Disease of thorax), Vātarakta (Gout), Pipāsā (Thirst), Mūtraroga (Urinary diseases), Śukra dosha (Abnormalities in semen), Jarā (Senility/Progeriasis). Used as a Rasāyana (Rejuvenating agents), Medhya (Brain tonic), Smṛtiprada (Memory provider).

Dose

  • 25 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Water, Milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 9 per cent
Total ash Not more than 2.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1.0 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 50.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 50.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 3.82 to 4.23

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 15 .