[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c4.s3.23 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.23 The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s3.23 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.23) आसवारिष्ट \*Asava\* and \*arishṭa\* or medicated spirituous liquors. These are prepared from honey and treacle, with the addition of various medicinal substances. They are all steeped in water and aid aside in earthen jars for vinous fermentation. The proportion of the different ingredients, as a general rule, is as follows :— Water thirty-two seers, treacle twelve seers and a half, honey six seers and a quarter, medicinal substances one seer and a quarter, in powder or decoction. When raw vegetables are used for fermentation, the resulting fluid is called \*A'sava\*. When the decoction of drugs only is added, the fermented liquor is called \*Arishṭa\*. These preparations combine the properties of spirituous drinks and those of the drugs used in preparing them. They are heating, stimulant, easily digested and stomachic. The preparation called \*Drákshárishṭa\* is made with honey, sugar and decoction of raisins, with the addition of a few aromatics, (see \*Vitis vinifera\*). Its action must be analogous to that of wines. It is used as a stimulant in exhausting diseases. - [Previous: c4.s3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.22) - [Next: c4.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.24) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s3.23) · Pramāṇa