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Asava
and Arista (Fermented preparations)
The word Asavas means
the preparation that helps to extract the active components.
Arista means the properties of a drug that enables
it to remain without decaying and losing its effect
for a long time. Asavas and arishtas are liquid preparations.
They are alcoholic solutions containing all the active
ingredients of the drugs of which they care compounded.
Thus they contain water soluble as well as alcohol
soluble substances of the drugs. They differ from the
official sprits which are merely alcoholic solutions
of essential oils.
Asava and arishtas
differ from each other owing to their difference in
method of preparation. Asavas are preparations which
are subjected to fermentation for an allotted period
with all its specific ingredients mixed with certain
quantity of water, while arishtas are preparations which
are subjected to fermentation for a specific time after
boiling the main decoction substance and the adding
other ingredients.
Asavas and arishtas are prepared from fruits, roots,
extracts, roots, leaves and barks that is they are fully
herbal preparations. The jaggary sugar or honey with
water are the other ingredients. Besides these, different
types of plants and their components are added at the
end of preparation so that they can help the medicine
to be more effective and to reduce its alcoholic effects.
Following are the
some examples of Asava and Arista.
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Name of Medicine |
Uses |
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Abhayarishta
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Carminative and appetizer. Indicated in piles,
anemia, colitis, cardiac, lesions, spleen and
other intestinal
disorders, Also removes constipation. |
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Arjunaristha
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Tonic
and cardiac stimulant. used in diseases of heart
and respiratory disorders. |
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Ashokarishta
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Alterative, stimulant and astringent. Used in
leucorrhoea, haematuria, menorrhagia and other
female complaints. |
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Balarishta
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Antirheumatic
and diuretic. Indicated in hemiplegia,
rheumatic pains.
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Chandanasava
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Diuretic,nd
urinary antiseptic .Used in gonorrhoea,
spermatorrhoea and other urinary diseases.
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Dashmoolarishta
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Bitter tonic,Alterative
and stimulant, Useful in cough,
menonervous diseases, consumption, anemia, jaundice,
piles and as a parental tonic.
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Drakshava
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Stimulant antipyretic,
diuretic, it is invigorating and nourishing.
Used in phthisis, insomnia, loss of appetite
cough, general debility and premature sanity.
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Kalmeghasava
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Expectorant,
Laxative, stimulant. Used in chronic respiratory
disorder, flatulence and other disease of
alimentary system. |
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Kumariasava
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Alterative tonic
and haematinic. Used in anemia, enlargement
of the liver, endocrinal, deficiency, tympanites,
cough, asthma and constipation.
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Kutajarishta
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Astringent,
stimulant, and antiperiodic. Used in dysentery,
diarrhea, fever and sprue. |
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Punarnavarishta
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Diuretic, alterative
and haematinic Indicated in beriberi, Edema,
abdominal disorders and liver complains |
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Vidangasava
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Carminative,
anthelmintic. Used in paralysis, Paraplegia,
lock jaw and in destroying worms.
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