Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.

Difference between revisions of "Kanakāsava"

From Ayurwiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 11: Line 11:
 
*Add specified amount of water to the ingredient number 13 of the formulation composition, allow to dissolve and filter through the muslin cloth.
 
*Add specified amount of water to the ingredient number 13 of the formulation composition, allow to dissolve and filter through the muslin cloth.
 
*Transfer the filtrate to a clean container; add Dhataki, Draksha and coarsely powdered other drugs. Seal the mouth of the container. <ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
 
*Transfer the filtrate to a clean container; add Dhataki, Draksha and coarsely powdered other drugs. Seal the mouth of the container. <ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
 +
 +
==Description==
 +
*Clear dark yellow colour liquid without frothing and significant sedimentation; with aromatic odour and acrid taste.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 17:37, 8 August 2018

Help icon-72a7cf.svg This page is a stub. Learn how you can help expanding it.

Kanakaasava 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.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take the raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 9 of the formulation composition and pass through the sieve number 44 to obtain coarse powder.
  • Wash and clean the ingredients numbered 10 and 11 of the formulation composition.
  • Add specified amount of water to the ingredient number 13 of the formulation composition, allow to dissolve and filter through the muslin cloth.
  • Transfer the filtrate to a clean container; add Dhataki, Draksha and coarsely powdered other drugs. Seal the mouth of the container. [1]

Description

  • Clear dark yellow colour liquid without frothing and significant sedimentation; with aromatic odour and acrid taste.

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 46.