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==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"| Śatāhva API ||[[Anethum sowa]] ||Fr. ||1.0 kg|-|Jala API for soaking and for preparation of Arka ||Potable Water|| –|| 12.0 l|}
==Method of preparation==
*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.
*Store in containers and pack them air-tight to protect from light and moisture<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
==Description==
*Śatāhva Arka is a slightly turbid liquid with pleasing fruity odour of fresh sowa fruits and sweetish spicy, slightly bitter taste.
==Storage==
*Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
==Therapeutic uses==
*Jvara (fever), Vāta Kaphaja roga (diseases due to Vata and Kapha dosha), Vraṇaśūla (pain due to wound), Akṣiroga (diseases of eye), Agnimāndya (impairment of digestive power), Atisāra (diarrhoea).
==Dose==
*10 to 20 ml per day in divided doses.
==Physico-chemical parameters==
{| class="wikitable"
|Specific gravity (200)||0.991 to 0.998
|}
==References==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Fever]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Pain due to ulcer]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Eye disease]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Digestive impairment]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases due to vata dosha]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases due to kapha dosha]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diarrhoea]]
