Panchagavya

Requirements: Plastic Barrel, Measuring cylinder, Khada cloth

Raw Materials : Cow dung : 5 kg, Cow's urine : 3 L, Cow's milk : 2 L, Curd : 2 L, Ghee : 1 L.

Procedure

1. Collect fresh Cow dung, mix it with ghee and keep it in a plastic barrel separately for 3 days.
2. On the same day, mix the other ingredients [Cow’s urine, cow’s milk and cow’s curd] in a plastic barrel separately.
3. On the 3rd day, mix the contents in a barrel and keep it open for 7 days. Stir the contents with a wooden stick twice a day.
4. Cover the mouth of the barrel with the wire net or khada cloth.
5. After 7 days, filter the product with a khada cloth / Terracotta (TC) cloth and store it in closed containers. (Pierce small holes in the cap of the containers to prevent bursting)
6. Quantity obtained is 10 litres.

Observations
Note:

1. Avoid airtight bottles for storage.
2. Shake the bottle once in 3 days to avoid fungal mycelia growth on the surface.
3. Use wooden sticks for stirring
4. The water used can be tap water.
5. Milk should be boiled and cooled before mixing with other ingredients.

Observations :

Colour : Light Brown colour, highly dense fluid

Aroma : Fermented odour

Sweet Flag Extract

Sweet flag extract is prepared by mixing 500gms of powdered sweet flag rhizome in 2.5 litres of water. The seeds should be tied in small cloth bags and soaked in the extract for half an hour. They should then be dried in shade before sowing.

Prosophis Kashayam

• Collect 2 kg of Prosophis plants except roots and weight it in balance.
  
• Cut into small pieces.
  
• Transfer the chaffed leaves into a wide mouthed brass vessel and add 8 litres of water (4 times the quantity of leaves)
  
• Boil the vessel on a low flame until the contents are reduced to 1/4th of the original volume.
  
• Allow it to cool.
  
• Filter the solution using khada cloth.
  
• Store the product in white colour canes.
  
• Quantity collected – 2 litres

Amirthakaraisal

Take fresh cow dung (10 kg), cow’s urine (10 litres), country jaggery (1 kg) and water (100 litres) in a cement tank and mix well. This extract can be used on the next day for seed treatment.

Jivamirtham

Ingredients: Cow dung – 10 kg, cow’s urine – 10 litres, jiggery (old) – 2kg, flour of gram / pigeon pea/ moong dal / cowpea / urad dal – 2 kg, live soil – 1 kg and water – 200 litres.

Preperation :

Take 100 litres of water in a barrel and add 10 kg of cow dung and 10 litres of cow’s urine. Mix well with the help of a wooden stick, add 2 kg of old jaggery and 2 kg of flour. Mix this solution well with wooden stick. Keep the solution undisturbed for 2 to 7 days for fermentation. Stir the solution regularly three times a day.

Amrit Pani

Mix 10 kg of cow dung with 500 gms of honey and mix thoroughly to form a creamy paste. Add 250 gms of ghee and mix at high speed. Dilute with 200 litres of water.

Updated on : Nov 2014