Avaleha

Avaleha (Jam/Paste like products)

• Avaleha or leha is a semi solid preparation of drugs prepared by addition of sugar, jiggery(gur) or sugar candy and boiled with prescribed drug juice or decoction.

• Jaggery-gur or sugar candy is dissolved in liquid, boiled and strained.

• The powdered drugs in small quantities are added and stirred continuously to form homogenous mass.

• Ghee or oil is added when preparation is hot.

• Examples:

• Chyawanprash, Kutakabaleha, Drakshavaleha, Vasavaleha, Bilvadileha, Surnava leha

Ghrita (Medicated clarified butters)

• The preparation in which ghee is boiled with the prescribed quantity of the decoction (kasaya) and fine paste (kalka) of the drug as specified in the formula.

• The process of preparation of ghrita ensures the absorption of the therapeutically active constituents of the drugs used in the preparation.

• Ghrita solidifies when cooled. It has colour, odour and taste of the ingredients used in the preparation.

• Ghrita are preparation for internal consumption and are stable for about 16 months.

• Normally they are taken along with warm vehicle (water or milk).

• Examples: Asokaghrita, Nirgundi ghrita, Brahmi ghrita, Sukumara ghrita, Pippalyadi ghrita

• It can be preserved in glass, polythene or aluminium containers.