Sūṛaṇāvaleha

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

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.

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