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Aṣṭāṇgāvaleha

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

Formulation composition

Katphala API Myrica nagi St Bk. 1 part
Pauskara (Puskara API) Inula racemosa Rt. 1 part
Śringī (Karkatasrngī API) Pistacia integerrima Gl. 1 part
Yamānī (Yavānī API) Trachyspermum ammi Fr. 1 part
Kāravī (Krsnajīraka API) Carum carvi Fr. 1 part
Śunthī API Zingiber officinale Rz. 1 part
Marīca API Piper nigrum Fr. 1 part
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 1 part
Madhu API Honey 12 parts
Ārdraka API (Svarasa) Zingiber officinale Fresh juice of Rz. Q.S.for Bhāvana

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.[1]

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

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

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 2.