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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
*Semisolid, chocolate brown colored sticky paste, taste sweet with non-specific pleasant odour.
 
*Semisolid, chocolate brown colored sticky paste, taste sweet with non-specific pleasant odour.
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==Storage==
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*Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber colured containers, protected from light and moisture.
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==Therapeutic uses==
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*Kāsa (cough), Śvāsa (Dyspnoea), Kshata kshīna (Debility due to chest injury), Svarabheda (hoarseness of voice), Kshaya (Pthisis), Hrdroga (Heart disease), Agnimāndya (loss of appetite), Uroroga (disease of thorax), Vātarakta (Gout), Pipāsā (thirst), Mūtraroga (urinary diseases), Śukra dosha (abnormalities in semen), Jarā (senility/progeriasis). Used as a Rasāyana (rejuvenating agents), Medhya (brain tonic/ nootropic), Sm¨tiprada (memory provider).
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==Dose==
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*25 g daily in divided doses.
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==Anupāna==
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*Water, Milk.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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

Method of preparation

  • Take all the ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry, powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 36 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition and pass through sieve number 44.
  • Wash, dry, powder the ingredients numbered 43 to 48 (Prak¾epa) and pass through sieve number 85. Add sufficient amount of water to the Kvātha dravya.[1]

Description

  • Semisolid, chocolate brown colored sticky paste, taste sweet with non-specific pleasant odour.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

  • Kāsa (cough), Śvāsa (Dyspnoea), Kshata kshīna (Debility due to chest injury), Svarabheda (hoarseness of voice), Kshaya (Pthisis), Hrdroga (Heart disease), Agnimāndya (loss of appetite), Uroroga (disease of thorax), Vātarakta (Gout), Pipāsā (thirst), Mūtraroga (urinary diseases), Śukra dosha (abnormalities in semen), Jarā (senility/progeriasis). Used as a Rasāyana (rejuvenating agents), Medhya (brain tonic/ nootropic), Sm¨tiprada (memory provider).

Dose

  • 25 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Water, Milk.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 15 .