Agastya Haritaki (Agastyaharitaki)
Medically Reviewed by Ayuveda Clinical Team (Lead Medical Reviewer: Dr. Nitin Mohite, BAMS, MBA • Medical Logic Developer, UK • Clinical Profile • LinkedIn).
Mentioned as rejuvenating.
Modern description
Agastya Haritaki is a rejuvenating confection indicated for cough, asthma, and general debility.
Purpose
Mentioned as rejuvenating.
Indications
- Chronic respiratory conditions like cough, asthma, rhinitis, and debility. Useful in emaciation, loss of appetite, and promoting strength.
- Digestive disorders
- Irritable bowel syndrome
Classical indications
- Cough
Karma
- Rasayana
- Balya
- Deepana
- Pachana
- Shvasahara
- Kasahara
Key ingredients
- Haritaki fruit pulp
- Dashamula
- Bala
- Himsra
- Yava
- Ghee
- Sesame oil
- Sugar/Jaggery
- Pippali
Adult dose
10-20g
Pediatric dose
2.5-5 grams
Preparation steps
- Coarsely powder kwatha dravyas and soak overnight in 8 times potable water.
- Prepare pottali of Haritaki fruit and Yava, suspend in liquid with kwatha dravya.
- Subject to mild flame, stir continuously until volume reduces to 1/4.
- Remove Haritaki pottali, filter decoction through muslin cloth.
- Add jaggery to the kwatha and boil to dissolve, then filter.
- Prepare Haritaki pulp from boiled fruit without seed.
- Fry Haritaki pulp with Tila Taila and Go-ghrita until color changes.
- Add fried Haritaki pulp to jaggery syrup, stirring until 2-thread consistency.
- Let cool, then add prakshepa dravyas (Pippali) at approximately 60 degC.
- Lastly, add honey after complete cooling.
Safety contraindications
- Contraindicated in acute ulcers or severe hyperacidity without professional guidance.
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Classical & Scientific References
- Classical source treatise: Charaka Samhita.
- Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI), Part I & II, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
- Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Sharangadhara Samhita, and Sahasrayogam clinical guidelines.
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