Experimental measurements of madhura & Amla Rasa.

           Title: -Experimental measurements of madhura & Amla Rasa.

          Dr. V. A. Gholap had submitted her dissertation in 1999 Year, for the P.G. degree M.D. Dravyaguna (Ayurvedic Pharmacology). Her guide was Dr. A. P. Deshpande & research center was Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Pune (M.S.) India, & submitted to University of Pune.

            Dr. Gholap had done an experimental study 10 sweet & sour (madhura – amla rasatmak) drugs to prepare a unit for the quantitative measurement of madhura amla rasa. In maximum drugs the sweet taste was the main & sour was allied.

          For this experiment, decoctions of each drugs prepared & diluted & tasted, starting form a maximum possible dilute solution where taste is not perceived. This point was considered as a starting point from that point gradually concentrated solutions of the decoctions were prepared & tasted.

          The point at which rasa was detected for first time was rasa. After that gradually concentrated solutions were prepared and tasted. The point of dilution at which the madhura –amla rasa was detected for the first time in each decoction was noted & observations were recorded.

          The research work was concluded as follows-

1:30 dilution forms a unit of madhura-Amla rasa, The Anannas was 20 units madhura amla.

1)    Madhura-amla rasa of Dadima (Punica granatum) was detected for the first time in 1:30 dilution hence recorded as weakest unit of madhura-amla rasa.

2)    Madhura-amla rasa of Anannas was detected for time in 1:650 dilutions, hence recorded as highest unit of madhura amla rasa.

3)    All the other Drugs lied in between these two extremes. Thus 1:30 dilution forms a unit of madhura-Amla rasa, The Anannas was 20 units madhura amla.

Similarly an attempt was made to establish a relationship between PH, sugar percentage and madhura amlatva of drugs. From the data collected one can say that the general consideration that the madhura rasa of particular drug is due to sugar content in it, which was not exclusively true as observed in this research work.

          But it was concluded that the drug have been high PH is of high unit.

          In this study no relation could be determined between acid percentage & its unit.