Sura drink

Sura (alcohol) is referred to as an anasthetic by Sushruta (an ancient surgeon in India, 4 B.C.E.) before surgical operation and the other known medical authority (internist) of ancient India, Charaka apparently referred to making a woman with a miscarriage senseless to pain by administering alcoholic drinks like sura, sidhu, arishta, madhu, madira or asava.

The method for preparation appears in the Atharvaveda in the Kandas 5 and 8.