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==Formulation composition==
{| class="wikitable"
| N¢lo·upuÀpa Nīloḍupuṣpa (API) ||[[Borago officinalis]]|| Pl. ||1.0 kg
|-
| Jala API for soaking and for preparation ofArka || Arka Potable Water|| – ||30.0 l
|}
*Take the raw materials of pharmacopoeial quality.
*Wash, dry and powder the ingredient number 1 of the Formulation Composition and pass through 355 µm I. S. sieve (sieve number 44) to obtain coarse powder.
*Place 100 g of Neelodhapushpa Nīloḍupuṣpa powder in a round bottom standard joint flask of 3.0 l capacity. Add 2.0 l of Jala.
*Attach the proper distillation assembly with distillation and receiving heads, 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 1.5 l of Arka.
==Description==
*Neelodhapushpa Nīloḍupuṣpa Arka is a slightly turbid pale liquid with a slightly spicy and sour taste.
==Storage==
==Therapeutic uses==
*Kapharoga (diseases due to vitiation of Kapha Dosha), Kasa Kāsa (cough), shvsa Śvāsa (dyspnoea/asthma), Kantaroga Kaṇṭḥaroga (throat diseases).
==Dose==
[[Category:Formulations]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases due to kapha doṣa]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Cough]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Asthma]]
[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases of throat]]
