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Kanakāsava
Kanakāsava 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
| Kanaka (Dhattūra API) | Datura metel | Pl. | 192 g |
| Vṛṣamūla (Vāsā API) | Adhatoda vasica | Rt. | 192 g |
| Madhuka (Yaṣṭī API) | Glycyrrhiza glabra | Rt. | 96 g |
| Māgadhī (Pippalī API) | Piper longum | Fr. | 96 g |
| Vyāghrī (Kaṇṭkārī API) | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 96 g |
| Keśara (Nāgakeśara API) | Mesua ferrea | Stmn. | 96 g |
| Viśvabheṣaja (Śuṇṭhī API) | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 96 g |
| Bhārṅgī API | Clerodendrum serratum | Rt. | 96 g |
| Tālīsapatra API | Abies webbiana | Lf. | 96 g |
| Dhātakī API | Woodfordia fruticosa | Fl. | 768 g |
| Drākṣā API | Vitis vinifera | Dr. Fr. | 960 g |
| Jala | Water | 24.576 l | |
| Śarkarā API | Sugar | 4.8 kg | |
| Kṣaudra (Madhu API) | Honey | 2.4 kg |
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.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured bottle, protect from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Kāsa (cough); Śvāsa (asthma); Rājayakṣmā (tuberculosis); Kṣata kṣīna (debility due to chest injury).
Dose
- 15 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total phenolic content | 0.054 to 0.085 per cen |
| Total solids | Not less than 11.50 per cent |
| Specific gravity (at 25º) | 1.01 to 1.15 |
| pH | 3.5 to 4.2 |
| Reducing sugars | Not less than 6.5 per cent |
| Non-reducing sugars | Not more than 0.50 per cent |
| Alcohol content | 5 to 10 per cent |
| Methanol | Absent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 46.
