Shastric Medicines - ASAVAS / ARISTHAS

These are medicinal preparations made by soaking the drugs in a solution of jaggery for a specified period of time during which it undergoes a process of fermentation generating alcohol thus facilitating the extraction of the alcohol soluble active principles contained in the drugs.

 

Aravindasava	Amrutarishta	Kirataristha
Bhringarajasava	Arjunaristha	Kutajaristha
Chandanasava	Ashokaristha	Mahadraksha
Kanakasava	Aswagandharishta	Mustakaristha
Kumariasava	Babbularistha	Panchatikaristha
Lohasava	Balarishta	Rohitakaristha
Pippalyasava	Dasamoolarishta	Saraswataristha
Punarnavasava	Jeerakadyaristha	Saribadyaristha
Useerasava	Karpooradyaristha	Vasaristha
Abhayaristha	Khadiraristha	Vidangarishta

 Aravindasava

• Improves digestion and assimilation.

• Corrects and promotes liver functions.

• Gives cooler effect to the body.

• Relieves abdominal discomfort.

• Can be used as a general tonic.

 Bhringarajasava

• Protects hepatic parenchyma against toxins.

• Promotes regeneration of Liver Cells.

• Stimulates appetite.

• Useful in enlargement of liver and spleen, jaundice, constipation and indigestion.

 Chandanasava

• Useful in urinary and urogenital disorders.

• Improves digestion and increases appetite.

 Kanakasava

• Soothes respiratory passage.

• Facilitates expectoration.

• Useful in bronchial asthma and bronchitis.

• Clears phlegm from the respiratory tract.

 Kumariasava

• Acts as a strong astringent and uterine sedative.

• Stimulates endometrium and ovarian tissue.

• Relieves stress.

• Controls excessive uterine bleeding.

• Regulates menstrual cycle.

• Uterine Tonic.

• Stops mucopurulent discharge.

• Effectively treats leucorrhoea.

• Enhances chances of conception.

 Lohasava

• Corrects anaemia.

• Promotes vitality and strength.

• Improves digestion.

 Pippalyasava

• Useful in all types of cough and bronchial asthma.

• Corrects anaemia, dysentery and piles.

• Promotes digestion.

 Punarnavasava

• Acts as a diuretic.

• Corrects oedema, ascites, spleen and liver enlargements.

• Useful in urinary tract infections.

 Useerasava

• Acts as haemostatic and restorative.

• Helps to control bleeding from respiratory tract and alimentary tract especially in piles.

• Improves general health.

 Abhayaristha

• Corrects habitual constipation.

• Facilitates bowel movement naturally.

• Does not cause griping or discomfort.

• Non habit forming.

• Improves digestive function.

• Useful in piles and oedema.

 Amrutaristha

• Acts as antipyretic and antiperiodic.

• Increases resistance to infections.

• Can be used with dasamularishta for intermittent fevers.

 Arjunaristha

• Acts as a cardiac tonic.

• Useful in all types of heart and respiratory diseases.

• Can be used with chandanasava for epitasis.

 Ashokaristha

• Acts as a strong astringent and uterine sedative.

• Stimulates endometrium and ovarian tissue.

• Relieves stress.

• Controls excessive uterine bleeding.

• Regulates menstrual cycle.

• Uterine Tonic.

• Stops mucopurulent discharge.

• Effectively treats leucorrhoea.

• Enhances chances of conception.

 Aswagandhaaristha

• A general tonic and rejuvenator.

• Useful in spermatorrhoea, exhaustion, blood vomiting, dry cough, wasting tuberculous condition.

• Increases appetite and improves general tone of the system.

• Increases the body weight.

• Adjuvant during prolonged illness and convalescence.

 Babbularistha

• Blood purifier.

• Useful in skin diseases and diarrhea.

• Improves appetite

• Useful in chronic venereal diseases and bacterial infections.

 Balaristha

• A general tonic and rejuvenator.

• Useful in nervous disorders and rheumatic complaints.

• Relieves palpitation of heart and angina pains.

• Adjuvant during prolonged illness and convalescence.

 Dasamoolaristha

• A nervine tonic.

• Useful in nervous disorders, dyspepsia and circulatory disorders.

• Helps to control cough, cold, skin diseases and diarrhea.

• Can be given with 50 mg medicinal camphor and 50mg saffron for nervous weakness.

• Adjuvant during prolonged illness and convalescence.

 Jeerakadyaristha

• Useful in dysentery and diarrhea.

• Helps in uterine contraction after delivery and regulates discharges in the postnatal state.

 Karpooradyaristha

• Controls dysentery and diarrhea.

• Corrects abdominal pain and flatulence.

• Improves appetite.

 Khadiraristha

• Exhibits antifungal and anti microbial activity.

• Natural blood detoxifier.

• Has immunomodulatory property

• Controls dermatitis, itching, urticaria.

• Useful in skin patches, eczema and fungal infection.

 Kirataristha

• Acts as antiperiodic.

• Improves digestion.

• Controls intestinal worms.

• Useful in fevers and skin diseases.

 Kutajaristha

• Acts as antidiarrheal.

• Improves digestion.

• Controls all types of dysentery and diarrhea.

 Mahadraksha

• Promotes vitality and strength.

• Improves digestion.

• Useful in cough, dyspnoea, throat diseases, constipation.

• A valuable tonic in weakness and indigestion.

• Adjuvant during prolonged illness and convalescence.

• Can be given with arjunarishta for nervous weakness.

 Mustakaristha

• Acts as antidiarrheal.

• Improves digestion.

• Controls all types of dysentery and diarrhea.

 Panchatikaristha

• Acts as antiperiodic and blood purifier.

• Useful in malarial and other intermittent fever.

• Useful in chronic skin diseases.

 Rohitakaristha

• Protects hepatic parenchyma against toxins.

• Promotes regeneration of Liver Cells.

• Stimulates appetite.

• Useful in enlargement of liver and spleen, jaundice, constipation and indigestion.

 Saraswataristha

• Memory booster

• Controls anxiety

• Increases concentration ability

• Relieves stress

• Improves learning capacity

• Corrects attention fluctuations

• Corrects mental fatigue and dementia

 Saribadyaristha

• Effective in all types of skin diseases.

• Natural blood detoxifier.

• Controls dermatitis, itching, urticaria.

• Useful in gout, neuralgia and rheumatism.

 Vasaristha

• Liquefies thick sputum.

• Facilitates Expectoration.

• Useful in bronchial asthma, bronchitis.

• Corrects all types of cough.

 Vidangaristha

• Useful in worm infestations such as intestinal worms, round worm and hook worm.

• Improves digestion.

• Controls stomach pain.