Kalyāṇāvaleha

Kalyānākaleha is a semisolid preparation made with the ingredients of the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Haridrā API	Curcuma longa	Rz.	1 part
Vacā API	Acorus calamus	Rz.	1 part
Ku¾°ha API	Saussurea lappa	Rt.	1 part
Pippalī API	Piper longum	Fr.	1 part
Śu´°hī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	1 part
Ajājī (Śveta Jīraka API)	Cuminum cyminum	Fr.	1 part
Ajamodā API	Apium leptophyllum	Fr. 1 p	art
Ya¾°īmadhu (Ya¾°ī API)	Glycyrrhiza glabra	Rt.	1 part
Saindhava lava´a API	Rock salt		1 part
Sarpi (Gogh¨ta API )	Clarified butter from cow’s milk	Q.S	(6 parts)

Method of preparation

• Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Clean, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 9 separately and pass through sieve number 85. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
• Add Sarpi (Gogh¨ta) to the mixture, stir thoroughly to form a semisolid mass.
• Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.

Description

• Semisolid paste, yellowish-brown in color with pungent odour, astringent and salty taste

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Svarabheda (hoarseness of voice), Mūkatā (Aphasia).

Dose

• 12 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 5.5 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 12.0 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 2.0 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 46.0 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 11.0 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	5.1 and 5.3, Appendix 3.3.
Starch	Not less than 42.0 per cent