Formulation and Standardization of Asava of Syzygium cumini

Asavas and Arishtaare alcoholic medicaments are prepared by allowing the herbal juices or their decoctions to undergo fermentation with the addition of sugar. Standardization of ayurvedic formulation is essential in order to assess the quality of drugs. In the present study standardization of asava from Syzygium cumini, known to be effective in diabetics, has been performed.Asava formulation was prepared by reported traditional method of ayurveda. Formulation has been standardized by modern scientific quality control procedure for the finished productas. Standardization of asava was achieved by organoleptic study, physicochemical parameters such as pH, specific gravity, total solid content, acid value, alcohol content, refractive index, total reducing sugars and stability study. results reveal that the physicochemical parameters were within the limits and the values could be used to establish and formulate procedures for standardization and quality controlling of these ayurvedic formulations.