Amṛtāriṣṭa

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.

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	Prakepa Dravyas	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 (Prakshepa 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.

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