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Pharmocopial Standards For Ayurvedic Formulations and Raw Material Vasavleha (AFI, Part I, 3:26) okldLojlizLFks flrke”ViyksfUerke~A lfiZ”kks f}iya nÙok fiIiyhf}iya rFkkAA82AA ipsYysgRoek;krs ‘khrs e/kq iyk”Vde~A nÙokorkj;s}S|ks ek=;k ysg mÙke%AA83AA fugfUr jkt;{ek.ka dkla Üokla lqnk:.ke~A ikÜoZ’kwy´p âPNwya jäfiÙkToja rFkk AA84AA ¼HkS’kT;jRukoyh] jkt;{ekf/kdkj( 82&84½ 1. Vass Svarasa (Vasa) (Lf.) 768 g 2. Sita 384 g 3. Sarpi (Goghrita) 96 g 4. Pippali (Fr.) 96 g 5. Madhu 384 g Dose: 6 to 12 g Anupana: Milk, Water Important Therapeutic Uses: Kasa (Cough), Shvasa (Dyspnoea/Asthma), Jvara (Fever), Raktapitta (Bleeding disorder), Rajayakshma (Tuberculosis), Parshava shula (Intercostal neuralgia and pleurodynia), Hritshula (Angina pectoris) Main Ingredients of Vasavleha VASA (Leaf) SYNONYMS Sanskrit : Vrisha, Atarusha, Vasaka Assamese : Titabahak, Bahak, Vachaka Bengali : Baksa, Vasaka English : Vasaka Gujrati : Aduso, Ardusi, Adulso Hindi : Aduss, Arusa Kannada : Adsale, Adusoge, Atarusha, Adsole, Adasale Kashmiri : Vasa Malayalam : Attalatakam, Atalotakam Marathi : Vasa, Adulsa Oriya : Basanga Punjabi : Bhekar, Vansa, Arusa Tamil : Vasambu, Adathodai Telugu : Addasaramu Urdu : Adusa, Basa DESCRIPTION a) Macroscopic Leaves, 10-30 cm long and 3-10 cm broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, base tapering, petiolate, petioles 2-8 cm long, exstipulite, glabrescent, 8-10 pairs of lateral vein bearing few hairs, dried leaves dull brown above, light greyish brown below, odour, characteristic, taste, bitter. b) Microscopic Transverse section of leaf shows, dorsiventral surface with 2 layers of palisade cells, in surface view, epidermal cells sinuous with anomocytic stomata on both surfaces, more numerous on the lower, clothing trichomes few, 1-3, rarely upto 5 celled, thinwalled, uniseriate, upto 500 μ and glandular trichomes with nicellular stalk and 4 celled head measuring, 25-36 μ in diameter in surface view, cystoliths in mesophyll layers, elongated and cigar shaped, acicular and prismatic forms of calcium oxalate crystals present in mesophyll , palisade ratio, 5-6, 5-8.5, stomatal index, 10.8-14.2-18.1 for lower surface. IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH Foreign matter: Not more than 2 per cent, Total Ash: Not more than 21 per cent, Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 1 per cent, Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 3 per cent, Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 22 per cent, CONSTITUENTS - Alkaloids and essential oil Vasa consists of fresh, dried, mature leaves of Adhatoda vasica Nees (Fam. Acanthaceae), a sub-herbaceous bush, found throughout the year in plains and sub- Himalayan tracts in India, ascending upto 1200m, flowers during February-March and also at the end of rainy season, leaves stripped off from older stems and dried in drying sheds. PROPERTIES AND ACTION Rasa: Tikta, Kashaya Guna: Laghu Veerya: Shita Vipaka: Katu Karma: Kaphapittahara, Raktasamgrahika, Kasaghna, Hridya IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Vasakasava, Vasavaleha www.amam-ayurveda.org 12
THERAPEUTIC USES – Kasa, Shwasa, Kshaya, Raktapitta, Prameha, Kamala, Kushta DOSE - 10-20 ml of the juice of fresh leaves /par10-20 g of the dried drug for decoction. PIPPALI (Fruit) cells and colourless, inner layer composed of tangentially elongated cells, having reddish-brown content; most of endocarp filled with starch grains, round to oval measuring 3 to 8 μ in dia. Powder - Deep moss green, shows fragments of parenchyma, oval to elongated stone cells, oil globules and round to oval, starch grains, measuring 3 to 8 μ in dia. IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH Foreign matter: Not more than 2 per cent, Total Ash: Not more than 7 per cent, Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 0.5 per cent, Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 5 per cent, Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 7 per cent, T.L.C. T. L. C. of alcoholic extract of the drug on Silica gel ‘G’ plate using Toluene: Ethylacetate (90: 10) as mobile phase. Under U.V. (366 nm) six fluorescent zones are visible at Rf. 0.15, 0.26, 0.34, 0.39, 0.50 and 0.80. On exposure to Iodine vapour seven spots appear at Rf. 0.04, 0.15, 0.26, 0.34, 0.39, 0.50 and 0.93 (all yellow). On spraying with Vanillin-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate at 105°C for ten minutes five spots appear at Rf. 0.04, 0.22, 0.35, 0.43 and 0.82. On spraying with Dragendorff reagent three spots appear at Rf. 0.15, 0.26 and 0.34 (all orange). Pippali consists of the dried, immature, catkin-like fruits with bracts of Piper longum Linn. (Fam. Piperaceae), a slender, aromatic climber with perennial woody roots, occurring in hotter parts of India from central Himalayas to Assam upto lower hills of West Bengal and ever green forests of Western ghats as wild, and also cultivated in North East and many parts of the South.. SYNONYMS Sanskrit : Kana, Magadhi, Magadha, Krishna, Saundi Assamese : Pippali Bengali : Pipul English : Long Pepper Gujrati : Lindi Peeper, Pipali Hindi : Pipar Kannada : Hippali Kashmiri : -- Malayalam : Pippali Marathi : Pimpali, Lendi Pimpali Oriya : Pipali, Pippali Punjabi : Magh, Magh Pipali Tamil : Arisi Tippali, Thippili Telugu : Pippalu Urdu : Filfil Daraz CONSTITUENTS - Essential Oil and Alkaloids PROPERTIES AND ACTION Rasa : Katu, Tikta, Madhura Guna : Snigdha, Laghu Veerya : Anushna Vipaka : Madhura Karma : Vatahara, Kaphahara, Deepana, Rucya, Rasayana, Hridya, Vrishya, Tridoshahara, Recana IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Gudapippali, Amritarishta, Ayaskriti, Ashvagandhadyarishta, Kumaryasava, Candanasava, Chyavanapr¡asha Avaleha,Shiva Gutika, Kaishora Guggulu THERAPEUTIC USES – Shwasa, Kasa, Pliha Roga, Gulma, Jvara, Prameha, Arsha, Kshaya, Udara Roga, Hikka, Trishna, Krimi, Kushta, Sula, Amavata, Amadosha DOSE - 1-3 gm SARKARA (Sugar) DESCRIPTION a) Macroscopic Fruit greenish-black to black, cylindrical, 2.5 to 5 cm long and 0.4 to 1 cm thick, consisting of minute sessile fruits, arranged around an axis; surface rough and composite; broken surface shows a central axis and 6 to 12 fruitlets arranged around an axis; taste, pungent producing numbness on the tongue; odour, aromatic. b) Microscopic Catkin shows 6 to 12 fruits, arranged in circle on a central axis, each having an outer epidermal layer of irregular cells filled with deep brown content and covered externally with a thick cuticle; mesocarp consists of larger cells, usually collapsed, irregular in shape and thin-walled; a number of stone cells in singles or in groups present; endocarp and seed coat fused to form a deep zone, outer layer of this zone composed of thin-walled Sharkara is a powder prepared from sugar cane juice by open pan process. SYNONYMS – Matsynidika, Sita, Sikata, Sitopala, Sukla, Subhra www.amam-ayurveda.org 13
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