Lehyam (Avaleha)

Lehyam

Dr. Jagdev Singh December 25, 2014
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Lehyam or lehya is an ayurvedic medicinal category for jam like preparations. These preparations are usually semi solid and sweet in taste. They are usually prepared using sugar or jaggery, herbs and ayurvedic herbo-mineral ingredients.

Avaleha, Lehya or lehyam are semi solid ayurvedic medicines prepared from sugar syrup, jaggery, herbal pulp, herbal powder, herbal decoctions and other ingredients.

Common Ingredients of Avaleha

Herbs, decoction of herbs, clarified butter, jaggery (or sugar, sugar candy) are common ingredients of lehyam.

  1. Herbs used in decoction
  2. Pulps of certain herbs
  3. Powders of certain herbs
  4. Cow’s ghee – clarified butter
  5. Sugar – Jaggery, sugar syrup or sugar candy etc.
  6. Oils – Sesame oil is mainly used, but other oils can also be taken for preparation of lehya.

List of Lehyam

  1. Abhayamrita rasayanam
  2. Agasthya rasayana
  3. Ajamamsa rasayanam
  4. Aswagandhadi lehyam
  5. Amrasara rasayana
  6. Amritha rasayana
  7. Aswagandhadi lehyam
  8. Brahma rasayana
  9. Cheriya chinchadi lehyam
  10. Cheriya madhusnuhi rasayanam
  11. Chinchadi lehyam
  12. Chitrak Haritaki Avaleha
  13. Chitraka lehyam
  14. Chyawanprash rasayana
  15. Dasamoolahareethaki lehyam
  16. Dasamoola rasayanam
  17. Drakshadi lehyam
  18. Gandhakaraja rasayana
  19. Gomutra haritaki lehyam
  20. Haritakyadi rasayanam
  21. Haridra khanda
  22. Hrudya virechana lehyam
  23. Kalyanagulam lehyam
  24. Kautajadi gulam
  25. Kushmanda rasayana
  26. Kurinji kuzhambu
  27. Kutajatwagadi leham
  28. Madana modakam
  29. Madhusnuhi rasayanam
  30. Maha vilwadi lehyam
  31. Manibhadra lehyam
  32. Mridwikadi lehyam
  33. Narasimha rasayanam
  34. Narayanagula lehya
  35. Nayopayam lehyam
  36. Parushakadi lehyam
  37. Pragbaktha lehya
  38. Pulileham (pulimkuzhampu) lehyam
  39. Punarnava mandaoram lehya
  40. Shathavaree gulam lehya
  41. Sita vatakam lehya
  42. Soorana modakam
  43. Sukumara rasayanam
  44. Svasahara lehya
  45. Thaleesapathradi lehyam
  46. Trivrit lehyam
  47. Valiya chinchadi lehyam
  48. Valiya madhusnuhi rasayanam
  49. Vidaryadi lehyam
  50. Vilwadi lehyam
  51. Vyoshadi vatakam lehya

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Dr. Jagdev Singh

Dr. Jagdev Singh (B.A.M.S., M. Sc. in Medicinal Plants) is an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Herbalist. He has successfully treated thousands of patients with Ayurveda (including Herbal Ayurvedic Medicine and Ayurvedic Diet). Ayur Times is an initiative of his efforts to bring quality information on Indian Medicine with the highest level of relevancy and scientific evidence.
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