Rohitakarishtam

Kottakkal Ayurveda Rohitakarishtam

Kottakkal Ayurveda Rohitakarishtam

Rohitakarishta is a self generated alcoholic preparation.

Its usage:

1. It is widely used to treat splenomegaly and other spleen related problems.
2. It is effective in treating abdominal colic.
3. It is used in the treatment of ascitis, liver disorders, sprue, piles and jaundice.
4. It is useful in skin diseases, inflammatory conditions and anorexia.

Dosage:

12 – 24 ml with equal quantity of warm water after food once or twice a day or as directed by Ayurvedic doctor.

Rohitakarishtam ingredients:

Coarse powder of Rohitaka – Tecomella undulata – 4.8 kg is added with 49.152 liters of water. boiled and reduced to 12.288 liters. Filtered. Thus obtained kashayam is added with the following ingredients –

• Dhataki – Woodfordia fruticosa – 768 g
• Jaggery – 9.6 kg
• Long pepper fruit – 48 g
• Long pepper root – 48 g
• Chavya – Piper cubeba – 48 g
• Chitraka – Plumbago zeylanica – 48 g
• Ginger – 48 g
• Cinnamon – 48 g
• Cardamom – 48 g
• Patra – Cinnamomum tamala – 48 g
• Triphala  – Haritaki, Vibhitaki and Amla – 48 g each.

All these are taken in a vessel and kept closed for a period of about one month. In this period, the sugar in the jaggery undergoes fermentation.

Indications:

Splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, dermatosis.