Fermented herbal health drink from plant andrographis

A method of producing a fermented fruit based herbal health drink composition useful as an antioxidant, cardio-tonic, diuretic, digestive, choleretic, nervine relaxant and immunomodulant, comprising extract from plant Andrographis with a concentration ranging between 0.5 to 10% based on the total health drink, extract from fruit, and ethanol ranging between 3 to 13% in total health drink, optionally extract from plant Tinospora, said method comprising:

• (i) obtaining aqueous extract from plant Androgruphis and optionally Tinospora,
• (ii) concentrating the aqueous extract,
• (iii) lyophilizing the concentrated extract,
• (iv) adding sugar to fruit extract,
• (v) obtaining fruit base material,
• (vi) autoclaving said base material,
• (vii) mixing fermentation enhancer and lyophilized extract with base material,
• (viii) adding the mixture of step (vii) with an inoculum for fermentation, in aseptic conditions,
• (ix) fermenting mixture of step (viii) for 4 to 10 days,
• (x) filtering the fermented material and obtaining a fruit filtrate,
• (xi) pasteurizing the filtrate,
• (xii) adding carbonated water to the pasteurized filtrate,
• (xiii) obtaining a fermented fruit based health drink, and
• (xiv) adding preservatives and coloring agents to the drink of step (xiii).

A method of introducing bitterness into a drink composition and using the said drink as herbal beer, said beer not containing hops and still retaining a bitter taste and also contributing to medicinal properties, comprising extract from plant Andrographis with a concentration ranging between 0.5 to 10% based on the total drink, extract from fruit, and ethanol ranging between 3 to 13% in the total herbal health drink, optionally extract from plant Tinospora, said method comprising:

• (i) obtaining aqueous extract from plant Andrographis and optionally Tinospora,
• (ii) concentrating the aqueous extract,
• (iii) lyophilizing the concentrated extract,
• (iv) crushing fruit pulp to get fruit extract,
• (v) mixing lyophilized extract with sugar and fruit extract,
• (vi) adding mixture of step (v) with an inoculum for fermentation, in aseptic conditions,
• (vii) fermenting mixture of step (vi) for 4 to 10 days,
• (viii) filtering the fermented material,
• (ix) pasteurizing the filtrate,
• (x) obtaining concentrate herbal drink,
• (xi) adding carbonated water to concentrate herbal drink, and
• (xii) obtaining herbal beer.