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Amṛtāriṣṭa
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Amṛtāriṣṭa is a fermented liquid preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below. It contains not more than 10 per cent, and not less than 5 per cent of alcohol that is self generated in the preparation over a period of time.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Amṛtā (Guḍūcī API) | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 4.8 kg |
| Bilva API | Aegle marmelos | St. Bk. | 480 g |
| Śyonāka API | Oroxylum indicum | St. Bk. | 480 g |
| Gambhārī API | Gmelina arborea | St. Bk. | 480 g |
| Pāṭalā API | Stereospermum suaveolens | St. Bk. | 480 g |
| Agnimantha API | Premna mucronata | St. Bk. | 480 g |
| Śālaparṇī API | Desmodium gangeticum | Pl. | 480 g |
| Pṛṣniparṇī API | Uraria picta | Pl. | 480 g |
| Bṛhatī API | Solanum melongena var. Indicum | Pl. | 480 g |
| kaṇṭakārī API | Solanum surattense | Pl. | 480 g |
| Gokṣura API | Tribulus terrestris | Pl. | 480 g |
| Jala for decoction | Water | 49.152 l | |
| reduced to | 12.288 l | ||
| Guḍa API | Jaggery | 14.4 kg | |
| Prakṣepa Dravyas: | |||
| Ajājī (Śveta Jīraka API) | Cuminum cyminum | Fr. | 768 g |
| Raktapuṣpaka (Parpaṭa API) | Fumaria parviflora | Pl. | 96 g |
| Saptacchada (Saptaparṇa API) | Alstonia scholaris | St. Bk. | 48 g 7 |
| Śuṇṭhc API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 48 g |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 48 g |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 48 g |
| Nāgakeśara API | Mesua ferrea | Stmn. | 48 g |
| Abda (Mustā API) | Cyperus rotundus | Rz. | 48 g |
| Kaṭvī (Kaṭukā API) | Picrorrhriza kurroa | Rz. | 48 g |
| Prativiṣā (Ativiṣā) API) | Aconitum heterophyllum | Rt. | 48 g |
| Vatsabīja (Indrayava API) | Holarrhena antidysenterica | Sd. | 48 g |
Method of preparation
- Take the raw material of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 11 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition individually and pass through the sieve number 44 to obtain coarse powder.
- Clean, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 14 to 24 (Prakṣepa Dravya) of the formulation composition individually and pass through the sieve number 85 to obtain fine powder.
- Add specified amounts of water to the Kvātha Dravya, soak overnight, heat, reduce to one fourth and filter through muslin cloth to obtain Kvātha. [1]
Description
- Clear, dark brown liquid without frothing and significant sedimentation; with astringent taste.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured bottle, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- All types of Jvara (Fever).
Dose
- 15 – 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.
Anupāna
- Water.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total phenolic content | 0.080 to 0.103 per cent |
| Total solids | Not less than 25.0 per cent |
| Specific gravity (at 25º) | 1.05 to 1.20 |
| pH | 3.40 to 4.40 |
| Reducing sugars | Not less than 16 per cent |
| Non-reducing sugars | Not more than 0.80 per cent |
| Alcohol content | 5 to 8 per cent v/v |
| Methanol | Absent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 8.
