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==Method of preparation==
*Wash, dry and powder the ingredients 1 to 8 separately and pass through sieve number 85.
*Wash and peel [[Ārdraka]], grind it, squeeze the juice and filter it through a muslin cloth to collect [[svarasa]].
*Mix the powdered ingredients 1 to 8 thoroughly, levigate with Ārdraka svarasa and later dry the mixture.
*Add honey and stir thoroughly to form an [[avaleha]].*Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/> ==Description==*A blackish brown coloured semisolid sticky paste, odour pleasant, taste bitter, astringent and spicy. ==Storage==*Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured containers, protected from light and moisture. ==Therapeutic uses==*Vātakaphajvara (Fever due to vāta doşa and kapha doşa), Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Dyspnoea), Aruci (Tastelessness), Chardi (Emesis).
==Dose==
*3 to 5 g daily in divided doses.
==Anupāna==
*Water.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Loss on drying || Not more than 32.0 per cent
|-
|Total ash || Not more than 2.70 per cent
|-
|Acid-insoluble ash || Not more than 0.50 per cent
|-
|Alcohol-soluble extractive || Not less than 51.0 per cent
|-
|Water-soluble extractive || Not less than 47.0 per cent
|-
|pH (1% aqueous solution) || 6.3 to 6.6
|}
==References==
<references>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 2.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Fever due to vaāta dosha and kapha dosha]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Cough]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Dyspnoea]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Tastelessness]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Emesis]]
