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Daśamūlāriṣṭa

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Daśamūlāriṣṭa 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.

Formulation composition

Bilva API Aegle marmelos St. Bk 48 g
Śyonāka API Oroxylum indicum St. Bk 48 g
Gambhārī API Gmelina arborea St. Bk 48 g
Pāṭalā API Stereospermum suaveolens St. Bk 4 8 g
Agnimantha API Premna mucronata (Official substitute) St. Bk 48 g
Śālaparṇī API Desmodium gangeticum Pl. 48 g
Pṛṣniparṇī API Uraria picta Pl. 48 g
Bṛhatī API Solanum indicum Pl. 48 g
Kaṇṭakārī API Solanum xanthocarpum Pl. 48 g
GoṣÀura API Tribulus terrestris Pl. 48 g
Citraka API Plumbago zeylanicum Rt. 240 g
Pauṣkara (Puṣkara API) Inula racemosa Rt. 240 g
Lodhra API Symplocos racemosa St. Bk. 192 g
Guḍūcī API Tinospora cordifolia St. 192 g
Dhātrī (Ëmalak¢ API) Emblica officinalis P. 154 g
Durālabhā (Dhanvay¡sa API) Fagonia cretica Pl. 115 g
Khadira API Acacia catechu Ht. Wd. 77 g
Bījasāra API Pterocarpus marsupium Ht. Wd. 77 g
Pathyā (Harītakī API) Terminalia chebula P. 77g
Kuṣṭha API Saussurea lappa Rt. 19 g
Mañjiṣṭha API Rubia cordifolia Rt. 19 g
Devadāru API Cedrus deodara Ht. Wd. 19 g
Viḍaṅga API Embelia ribes Fr. 19 g
Madhuka API Glycyrrhiza glabra Rt. 19 g
Bhārṅgī API Clerodendrum serratum Rt. 19 g
Kapittha API Feronia limonia Fr.P. 19 g
Bibhītaka API Terminalia bellirica P. 19 g
Punarnavā (Rakta Punarnav¡ API) Boerhavia diffusa Rt. 19 g
Cavya API Piper retrofractum St. 19 g
Māṁsī (JaṭāMāṁsī API) Nardostachys jatamansi Rz. 19 g
Priyaṅgu API Callicarpa macrophylla Fl. 19 g
Sārivā API Hemidesmus indicus Rt. 19 g
Kṛṣṇa J¢raka API Carum carvi Fr. 19 g
Trivṛtā (Trivṛt API) Operculina turpethum Rt. 19 g
Reṇukā API Vitex negundo Sd. 19 g
Rāsnā API Pluchea lanceolata Lf. 19 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 19 g
Kramuka (Pūga API) Areca catechu Sd 19 g
Śaṭhī (Śaṭī API) Hedychium spicatum Rz. 19 g
Haridrā API Curcuma longa Rz. 19 g
Śatapuṣpā (Śathāhvā API) Anethum sowa Fr. 19 g
Padmaka API Prunus cerasoides St. 19 g
Nāgakeṣara API Mesua ferrea Stmn. 19 g
Musta (Mustā API) Cyperus rotundus Rz. 19 g
Indrayava API Holarrhena antidysenterica Sd. 19 g
Śṛṅgī (KarkaṭaŚṛṅgī API) Pistacia integerrima Gl. 19 g
Jīvaka API Pueraria tuberos (Official substitute) Rt.Tr. 19 g
Ṛṣabhaka API Microstylis wallichii Rt.Tr. 19 g
Medā API Polygonatum cirrhifolium Rt.Tr. 19 g
Mahāmedā API Asparagus racemosus (Official substitute) Rt.Tr. 19 g
Kākolī API Withania somnifera (Official substitute) Sub.Rt. 19 g
Kṣīrakākolī API Withania somnifera (Official substitute) Sub.Rt 19 g
Ṛddhi API Dioscorea bulbifera (Official substitute) Sub.Rt.Tr. 19 g
Vṛddhi API Dioscorea bulbifera (Official substitute) Sub.Rt.Tr. 19 g
Jalafor decoction Water 20 l
reduced to 5 l
Drākṣā API Vitis vinifera Dr.Fr. 600 g
Jala for decoction Water 2.45 l
reduced to 1.84 l
Madhu API Honey 307 g
Guāṣa API Jaggery 3.8 kg
Dhātakī API Woodfordia fruticosa Fl. 290 g
Kaṅkola API Piper cubeba Fr. 19 g
Jala (Hrīvera API) Coleus vettiveroides Rt. 1 9 g
Candana (śveta Candana API) Santalum album Ht. Wd. 19 g
Jātīphala API Myristica fragrans Sd. 19 g
Lavaṅga API Syzygium aromaticum Fl. Bud 19 g
Tvak API Cinnamomum zeylanicum St. Bk. 19 g
Elā (Sūkṣmailā API) Elettaria cardamomum Sd. 19 g
Patra (Tejapatra API) Cinnamomum tamala Lf. 19 g
Keṣara (Nāgakeṣara API) Mesua ferrea Stmn. 19 g
Pippalī API Piper longum Fr. 19 g
Kataka Phala (Kataka API) Strychnos potatorum Sd. QS

Method of preparation

  • Take the raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality
  • Wash, dry and powder the ingredients numbered 1 and 54 (Kvātha Dravya) of the formulation composition individually and pass through the sieve number 44 to obtain coarse powder.
  • Add specified amount of water (Number 55), soak overnight, and heat, reduce to half and filter through muslin cloth to obtain Kvātha.[1]

Description

  • Clear dark brown liquid without frothing and significant sedimentation; with aromatic odour and bitter taste.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed amber coloured bottle, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Arṣa (Piles), Bhagandara (Fistula in-ano), Pāṇḍu (Anaemia), Kāmalā (Jaundice), Udara (Diseases of abdomen), Mūtravibandha (Retention of urine), Agnimāndya (Dyspepsia), Aruci (Anorexia), Chardī (Emesis), Grahaṇī (Malabsorption syndrome), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Kasa (Cough), shvasa (Asthma), Kshaya (Pthisis), Dhatukshaya (Tissue wasting), Vātavyādhi (Disorder due to Vata Dosha), Kuṣṭha (Diseases of skin), Meha (Excessive flow of urine), Śarkarā (Gravel in urine), Aśmarī (Calculus), Vandhyatva (Infertility), Kārśya (Emaciation), Śukrakṣaya (Deficiency of semen), Daurbalya (Weakness).

Dose

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

Anupāna

Physico-chemical parameters

Total phenolic content 0.2 per cent
Total solids Not less than 17.5 per cent
Specific gravity (at 25º) 1.09 – 1.1 g/ml
pH 3.6 – 3.7
Reducing sugars 14 -24 per cent
Non-reducing sugars Not more than 1 per cent w/v
Alcohol content 5 - 7 per cent v/v
Methanol Absent

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 33.