Asava
(fermented
infusion) :—
Asava
prepared by
using
tubers,
roots,
fruits etc,
is similar
(in
properties
with that of
sukta).
Asava
prepared by
using
(balls of
fried paddy
mixed with
spices,
dried in sun
and then
deep fried
in oil)
other
material
(such as
oil-cakes
etc) which
have turned
sour by
lapse of
time are
appetizers
and easily
digestible.
Dhanyamla:-
Dhãnyâmla (liquor prepared by
fermenting
the water in
which rice
and such
other
grains,
pulses etc.
have been
slightly
cooked or
merely
washed) is
purgative,
penetrating,
hot in
potency,
aggravates
pitta, cold
to touch,
relieves
fatigue and
exhaustion,
increases
appetite and
hungers
cures pain
of the
urinary
bladder,
ideal for
use as
sthäpana
(decoction
enema), good
to the
heart,
easily
digestable.
Sauviraka and Tuodaka also
possess
similar
properties,
cure worms,
heart
disease,
abdominal
tumor,
haemorrhoids
and anemia.
These are
prepared
from yava.
Note
:—Sukta,
dhanyamla,
sauviraka,
tusodaka
etc. were in
use in olden
days and are
not prepared
in the
present day.
Beer,
brandy,
whisky, rum,
champagne,
etc. are the
popular
alcholic
drinks of
today.
Country
liquors like
toddy and
arrack are
popular with
the poor
people. The
percentage
of alcohol
varies
them ranging
from 20% to
80%.
Those containing lees
amount of
alcohol
(less than
15%) act as
stimulants
and do not
cause
intoxication
when used in
moderate
doses. More
the alcohol,
greater the
intoxication,
risk of
addiction
and
ill -health
etc.
They a e predominant, respectively, during the last, middle
and first
stages of
the life
(span), the
day, the
night, and (
process of
digestion
of) the
food.
Vata is
predominant
in old age
(after 60
years of age
), in the
afternoon (
between 3
pm. and 7
pm. ), late
night (2 am.
to 6 am.)
and at the
end of
digestion of
food. Pitta
is
predominant
in the
middle age
(between 20
and 60
years),
midday (
between 11
and 4 p. m.
), midnight
between 12
and 2 a. m.)
and during
middle
period of
digestion.
Kapha is
predominant
in early age
(from birth
upto 16
years of
age), in the
forenoon (
between 6
a.m. and Hi
a.m.), in th
early part
of the nIght
(between 7
p. m. and 11
midnight)
arid the
early period
of
digestion.
