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Punarnavāsava
Punarnavāsava is a fermented liquid preparation, made with the ingredients of 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
| Śuṇṭhi API | Zingiber officinale | Rz. | 16 g |
| Marica API | Piper nigrum | Fr. | 16 g |
| Pippalī API | Piper longum | Fr. | 16 g |
| Harītakī API | Terminalia chebula | Fr.P | 16 g |
| Bibhtaka API | Terminalia belerica | Fr.P | 16 g |
| Āmalakī API | Emblica officinalis. | Fr.P | 16 g |
| Dārvī (Dāruharidrā) API | Berberis aristata | St. | 16 g |
| Śvadaṁṣtrā (Gokṣura) API | Tribulus terrestris | Fr. | 16 g |
| Bṛhatī API | Solanum indicum | Rt. | 16 g |
| Kaṇṭakārī API | Solanum xanthocarpum | Pl. | 16 g |
| Vāsāmūla (Vāsā) AP | I Adhatoda vasica | Rt. | 16 g |
| Eraṇḍaamūla (Eraṇḍa) API | Ricinus communis | Rt. | 16 g |
| Kaṭukī API | Picrorrhiza kurroa | Rt./Rz. | 16 g |
| Gajapippalī API | Scindapsus officinalis | Fr. | 16 g |
| Śothaghnī (Punarnavā) API | Boerhaavia diffusa | Rt. | 16 g |
| Picumarda (Nimba) API | Azadirachta indica | St. Bk. | 16 g |
| Guḍucī API | Tinospora cordifolia | St. | 16 g |
| Suṣka mūlaka (mūlaka) API | Raphanus sativus | Rt. | 16 g |
| Durālabhā API | Fagonia cretica | Rt. | 16 g |
| Paṭola API | Trichosanthes dioica | Lf. | 16 g |
| Dhātakī API | Woodfordia fruticosa | Fl. | 256 g |
| Drākṣā API | Vitis vinifera | Dr. Fr. | 320 g |
| Sitā API | Sugar | 1.6 kg | |
| Mākṣika (Madhu) API | Honey | 800 g | |
| Jala Water | 8 | .19 l |
Method of preparation
- Take the raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 to 20 of the formulation composition individually and pass through the sieve number 44 to obtain coarse powder.
- Wash and clean the ingredient number 22 of the formulation composition.
- Add specified amount of water to the ingredient number 23 of the formulation composition, allow to dissolve and filter through the muslin cloth.[1]
Description
- Clear dark brown 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
- Śotha (Inflammation conditions), Udararoga (Eight type of abdominal disorders), Plīhā (Splenic disease), Amlapitta (Hyperacidity), Yakṛt (Disease of liver), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Jvara (Fever), Kṛcchrasādhya roga (Related to difficult conditions to manage).
Dose
- 15 - 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.
Anupāna
- Water.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Total phenolic content | Not less than 0.04 per cent |
| Total solids | 10 to 20 per cent |
| Specific gravity (at 25º) | 1.0 to 1.1 |
| pH | 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Reducing sugars | 7.5 to 12.5 per cent |
| Non-reducing sugars | Not more than 1.0 per cent |
| Alcohol content | 5 to 10 per cent |
| Methanol | Absent |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 79.
Categories:
- Formulations
- Ayurvedic Medicine
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Inflammation conditions
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Eight type of abdominal disorders
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Splenic disease
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Upward movement of gases
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Hyperacidity
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Disease of liver
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Fever
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Abdominal lump
- Therapeutic use of Formula - Related to difficult conditions to manage
