title: Standardisation of karpurasava.
abstract: Asavas and aristhas are medicines prepared by fermentation. In some medicines alcohol produced by fermentation is distilled and added to the powdered drugs for a fixed period, filtered and the filtrate is used as medicines.Karpurasava is prepared by distilling the alcohol. The quantity of alcohol in the distillate was 9.87% by the textual method while it was 5.77% by glass distillation apparatus. The alcohol content in Karpurasava was 8.7%.
authors.affiliation: Captain Srinivasa Murthi Drug Research Institute for Ayurveda, Arumabakkam, Madras - 600 106, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Dasan
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rao