Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2018)

Author(s):
Shubhangi Rathore, Chethan Kumar VK and Sharashchandra R

Abstract:
Arka Kalpana (process of distillation) is important pharmaceutical preparation in Ayurveda. It is very specific in its mode of preparation and due to virtue of this particularity; it may have all volatile active substances in effective form in its final product. Amruta Abheervadi preparation is mentioned in Ayurvedic classics, contains the ingredients like Tinospora cardifolia (Thunb.) Miers (Amruta), Asparagus racemosus Willd. (Abheeru), Trichosanthus dioica Roxb. (Patola), Azadiracta indicaA.Juss. (Nimba), Pterocarpus santalinus (Raktachandan) and Hemidismus indicaLinn (Sariva). In this article, Amruta Abheervadi drops were prepared by using modern pharmaceuticals equipment. During the process of preparation, the method of preparation of Arka according to The Ayurvedic Formulary of India was followed.