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'''Shathaava Śatāhva Arka''' is a liquid preparation obtained by hydro-distillation of fruits of Anethum sowa.
==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"
| áat¡hv¡ Śatāhva API ||[[Anethum sowa ]] ||Fr. ||1.0 kg
|-
|Jala API for soaking and for preparation of Arka ||Potable Water|| –|| 12.0 l
*Take the raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality.
*Wash, dry and powder the ingredient number 1 of the Formulation Composition and pass through the 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) to obtain coarse powder.
*Place 100 g of Shataahva Śatāhva powder in a round bottom standard joint flask of 3.0 l capacity. Add 1.2 l of Jala.
*Attach the proper distillation assembly with double surface condenser and receiving flask and enough circulating water to condense the distillate i.e. Arka.
*Place the flask on a heating mantle. Adjust the temperature control when boiling starts and continue the distillation to collect about 700 ml of Arka.
==Description==
*Shataahva Śatāhva Arka is a slightly turbid liquid with pleasing fruity odour of fresh sowa fruits and sweetish spicy, slightly bitter taste.
==Storage==
==Therapeutic uses==
*Jvara (fever), Vata Vāta Kaphaja roga (diseases due to Vata and Kapha dosha), Vranasula Vraṇaśūla (pain due to wound), Akshiroga Akṣiroga (diseases of eye), Agnimandya Agnimāndya (impairment of digestive power), Atisara Atisāra (diarrhoea).
==Dose==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
