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Vāsāvaleha

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Vāsāvaleha is a semisolid avaleha preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Take fresh leaves of Vāsā, wash with water. Chop the leaves to about 2.5 cm, grind into a paste and prepare vāsā svarasa through pu°a pāka vidhi (Annexure 6.1.4)
  • Clean, dry, grind Pippalī into fine powder and pass through sieve no. 85.
  • Add powdered Śarkarā to Vāsā svarasa, heat mildly and filter through muslin cloth, after complete dissolution of Śarkarā. Stir continuously while heating on mild fire.
  • Concentrate the above mixture by continuous stirring on low fire[1]

Description

  • Dark brown coloured, semi solid, malleable, sticky preparation with odour of ghee; taste bitter and pungent.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 33.