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Asava and Arishta (Ayurvedic self-fermented medicinal wines)आसव (āsava)
Asava and arishta are Ayurvedic medicines that ferment in their own sugars. For an arishta, herbs are boiled into a decoction; for an asava, herbal juice or powder goes in without boiling. Then jaggery, sugar or honey and dhataki (Woodfordia fruticosa) flowers are added and the closed vessel is left for one week to six months, until yeasts have made about 3–10 % self-generated alcohol.
Fully documentedAlcoholic drinks7 days – 5.9 months
Recipe
Amounts from a sourceA lab batch of Draksharishta (raisin arishta) made by the Ayurvedic Formulary of India method (Pillai and Pandita 2016). Each classical formula has its own herbs and proportions.
Raisins (Vitis vinifera), crushed48.9 g
Steeped overnight in 1 L water, then boiled down to one fourth (0.25 L)[pillai2016]
other: dhataki (Woodfordia fruticosa) flowers; Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been isolated from them
Total time across the recorded steps: 7 days – 5.9 months
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What changes:Herbs are boiled down to a decoction and strained (asava herbs are not boiled)
Step 1 of 4
Prepare the base (decoction for arishta, juice or infusion for asava)
Time
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Salt
None given
Acidity
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Yeasts
For Draksharishta, raisins steep overnight in water and are boiled until the water is reduced to one fourth, then filtered through muslin [pillai2016]. Output: cooled herbal liquid.
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Microbes at work in this step
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Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
At a glance
Asava and arishta are Ayurvedic medicines that ferment in their own sugars. For an arishta, herbs are boiled into a decoction; for an asava, herbal juice or powder goes in without boiling. Then jaggery, sugar or honey and dhataki (Woodfordia fruticosa) flowers are added and the closed vessel is left for one week to six months, until yeasts have made about 3–10 % self-generated alcohol. Made in 4 steps over 7 days – 5.9 months. The longest step, ferment in a closed vessel, takes 7 days – 5.9 months (Chaudhary A 2011) and runs at 20–35 °C (Vinothkanna A 2018). Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from dhataki flowers do most of the fermenting.
An asava or arishta makes its own alcohol by fermenting the herbal liquid with sugar and dhataki flowers, instead of having alcohol added [chaudhary2011]. Arishtas start from a boiled decoction and asavas from unboiled juice or infusion [vinothkanna2018].
Draksharishta (raisin arishta)Raisin decoction with jaggery, dhataki and eight spices; 5–10 % self-generated alcohol [pillai2016].
Balarishta and ChandanasavaBalarishta is a decoction of herbs, with 11 kg each of Bala and Ashwagandha roots, 75 kg jaggery, 700 g dhataki and 360 L water. Chandanasava uses herbs at 120 g each with 2400 g raisins, 6 kg jaggery, 9 kg sugar, 1800 g dhataki and 70 L water; its finely powdered herbs go into boiled and cooled jaggery and sugar water [vinothkanna2018].
Classical fermented forms (sura, shukta, dhanyamla, kanji)Sushruta lists 21 asava-arishtas and 46 alcoholic preparations such as sura, prasanna, shukta and dhanyamla; the Bhaishajya Ratnavali gives 50 fermented preparations including kanji [chaudhary2011]. Several have their own entries.
Safety
Indian Drugs and Cosmetics rules set a maximum for self-generated alcohol. In one survey, five brands of Dashmoolarishtam stayed under 12 % v/v alcohol, but their microbial load was above acceptable limits, although E. coli, Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus were absent [chaudhary2011]. Some formulas contain metals or minerals, such as iron in Lohasava [chaudhary2011].
Charaka names nine source groups for fermented medicines (fruits, cereals, roots, flowers, bark, exudate, branches, leaves and sugar) and gives the container, place, duration and tests for the end point. The Ashtanga Hridaya is the first text to name dhataki flowers as the fermentation starter. The Ayurvedic Formulary of India describes 40 asava-arishtas [chaudhary2011].