Kumāryāsava

Kumāryāsava is a fermented liquid preparation made with 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

Kumārī Rasa (Kumārī API)	Aloe barbadensis	Lf.	12.288 l
Guḍa API	Jaggery		4.8 kg
Vijayā (Harītakī API)	Terminalia chebula	P.	1.2 kg
Jala for decoction	Water		12.288 l
reduced to			3.072 l
Madhu API	Honey		3.072 kg
Dhātakī API	Woodfordia fructicosa	Fl.	768 g
Jātīphala API	Myristica fragrans	Sd.	48 g
Lavaṅga API	Syzygium aromaticum	Fl.	Bd. 48 g
Kaṅkola API	Piper cubeba	Fr.	48 g
Jaṭilā (Jaṭāmāṁsī)	Nardostachys jatamansi	Rz.	48 g
Kabābaka API	Piper cubeba	Fr.	48 g
Cavya API	Piper retrofractum	St.	48 g
Citra (Eraṇḍa API)	Ricinus communis	Rt.	48 g
Jātipatrī (Jātīphala API)	Myristica fragrans	Ar.	48 g
Karkaṭa (Karkaṭaśṛṅgi API)	Pistacia integerrima	Gl.	48 g
Akṣa (Bibhītaka API)	Terminalia belerica	P.	48 g
Puṣkaramūla (Puṣkara API)	Inula racemosa	Rt	. 48 g
Mṛta śulva (Tāmra API)	bhasma Calcined	T¡mra	48 g
Mṛta Loha (Lauha API)	bhasma Calcined	Lauha	24 g

Method of preparation

• Take the raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, clean and extract juice from the ingredient number 1 of the formulation composition.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredient numbered 3 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition and pass through the sieve number 44 to obtain coarse powder.
• Clean, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 7 to 17 (Prakshepa Dravya) of the formulation composition individually and pass through the sieve number 85 to obtain fine powder.
• Prepare Bhasma of the ingredients numbered 18 and 19 of the formulation composition.
• Add specified amounts of water to the Kvātha Dravya, soak overnight, heat, reduce to one eighth 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

• Gulma (Abdominal lump), Kāsa (Cough), Śvāsa (Asthma), Arśa (Piles), Vātavyādhi (Neurological diseases), Apasmāra (Epilepsy), Kṣaya (Pthisis); Udara (Abdominal diseases), Manyāroga (Diseases of neck region), Agnimāndya (Digestive impairment), Koṣṭhaśūla (Abdominal pain) Naṣṭa puṣpa (Menopause).

Dose

• 15 - 30 ml orally with equal amount of water after meals twice a day.

Physico-chemical parameters

Total phenolic content	0.061 to 0.079 per cent
Total solids	Not less than 13.0 per cent
Specific gravity (at 25º)	1.01 to 1.10
pH	3.50 to 4.2
Reducing sugars	Not less than 7.5 per cent
Non-reducing sugars	Not more than 0.30 per cent
Alcohol content	5 to 10 per cent v/v
Methanol	Absent