Chandanasava

Chandanasava is an ayurvedic medicine which is used to treat burning micturition, urinary tract infections (UTI), pyuria, dysuria, hyperuricemia, kidney stones (renal calculi), cystitis etc., Chandanasava fights off a wide range of microbes, so it gives relief from urinary tract infections and it helps to dissolute the stones.

The Reference shloka —

चन्दनं बालकं मुस्तं गम्भारीं नील उत्पलम् |
प्रियङ्गु पद्मकं लोध्रं मन्जिस्थ रक्त  चन्दनं |
पाठ किरततिक्तञ्च न्यग्रोधं पिप्पली शतीं|
पर्पतं मधुकं रास्नं पतोलं काञ्चनारकं ।
आम्र त्वचं मोचरसं प्रत्येकं पाल मात्रकं ।।
धातकीं षोडश पलं द्राक्षयाः पल विम्शतीं ।
जल द्रोण द्वये क्षिप्त्वा शर्करायाः तुलाम् तथा ।।
गुदस्य अर्धतुलस्यापि मांसं भाण्डे निधापयेत् ।
चन्दनासव इत्येषा शुक्रमेह विनाशनः ।
बल पुष्टिकरो हृद्यो वह्नि संदिपनः परः |

candanaṁ bālakaṁ mustaṁ gambhārīṁ nīla utpalam |
priyaṅgu padmakaṁ lodhraṁ manjistha rakta  candanaṁ |
pāṭha kiratatiktañca nyagrodhaṁ pippalī śatīṁ|
parpataṁ madhukaṁ rāsnaṁ patolaṁ kāñcanārakaṁ ।
āmra tvacaṁ mocarasaṁ pratyekaṁ pāla mātrakaṁ ।।
dhātakīṁ ṣoḍaśa palaṁ drākṣayāḥ pala vimśatīṁ ।
jala droṇa dvaye kṣiptvā śarkarāyāḥ tulām tathā ।।
gudasya ardhatulasyāpi māṁsaṁ bhāṇḍe nidhāpayet ।
candanāsava ityeṣā śukrameha vināśanaḥ ।
bala puṣṭikaro hr̥dyo vahni saṁdipanaḥ paraḥ |

The Ingredients:

1. Sweta Chandana – Santalum album
2. Netrabala — Pavonia odorata
3. Musta — Cyperus rotundus
4. Bark of plant Gambhari — Gmelina arborea
5. Nilotpala — Nymphea stellate
6. Priyangu — callicarpa macrophylla
7. Padmaka — Prunus poddum
8. Lodhra – Symplocos racemosa 
9. Manjistha – Rubia cordifolia 
10. Rakta Chandana — Pterocarpus marsupium
11. Kiratatikta — Swertia chiraita
12. Patha — Cyclea peltata
13. Nyagrodha — Ficus benghalensis
14. Pippali — Long pepper
15. Kanchanara — Bauhinia variegate
16. Madhuka — Madhuka longifolia
17. Rasna — Pluchea lanceolata
18. Amra Tvak — Bark of mango tree 
19. Mocarasa Plant — Bombax malabaricum
20. Dhataki Flowers — Woodfordia fruticosa
21. Draksha – Vitis vinfera
22. Jala
23. Guda (Jaggery) 
24. Raw Sugar

The therapeutic benefits –

• Shukramehahara – used in treatment of nightfall, spermatorrhoea.
• Balakara – improves strength and immunity
• Pushtikara – improves nourishment.
• Hrudya – acts as cardiac tonic
• Vahnisandeepana – improves digestion.

Dosage –

12 – 24 ml usually after food, or as directed by Ayurvedic doctor. It can be mixed with equal quantity of water, if the taste is not tolerated by the patient.

Reference –

Bhaishajyaratnavali Shukrameha chapter – 34 – 38