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'''Arka Lavaṇa''' is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.  
'''Arka Lavana''' is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.  
 
  
 
==Formulation composition==
 
==Formulation composition==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
| Arka patra API ||Calotropis procera ||Lf. ||1 part
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| Arka patra API ||[[Calotropis procera ]]||Lf. ||1 part
 
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| Saindhava lava´a API|| Rock salt|| || 1 part
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| Saindhava lavaṇa API|| Rock salt|| || 1 part
 
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|}
  
 
==Method of preparation==
 
==Method of preparation==
 
*Take ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
 
*Take ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
*Collect mature Arka patra. Place alternate layers of Arka patra and Saindhava lava´a in an earthen pot.
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*Collect mature Arka patra. Place alternate layers of Arka patra and Saindhava lavaṇa in an earthen pot.
 
*Keep a śarāva to cover the pot. Seal the edge of the śarāva and the pot with seven consecutive layers of clay-smeared cloth and allow to dry.
 
*Keep a śarāva to cover the pot. Seal the edge of the śarāva and the pot with seven consecutive layers of clay-smeared cloth and allow to dry.
 
*Subject it to fire till the pot becomes red-hot. Remove the contents from the pot and grind to a fine powder in a khalva.
 
*Subject it to fire till the pot becomes red-hot. Remove the contents from the pot and grind to a fine powder in a khalva.
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==Therapeutic uses==
 
==Therapeutic uses==
*Gulma (Abdominal lump), Udara roga (diseases of abdomen), Plīhodara (Splenomegaly) Yak¨todara (enlargement of Liver).
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*Gulma (Abdominal lump), Udara roga (Diseases of abdomen), Plīhodara (Splenomegaly) Yakṛtodara (Enlargement of Liver).
  
 
==Dose==
 
==Dose==
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[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Abdominal lump]]
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[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Diseases of abdomen]]
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[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Splenomegaly]]
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[[Category:Therapeutic use of Formula - Enlargement of Liver]]

Latest revision as of 11:12, 20 September 2018

Arka Lavaṇa is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Arka patra API Calotropis procera Lf. 1 part
Saindhava lavaṇa API Rock salt 1 part

Method of preparation

  • Take ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Collect mature Arka patra. Place alternate layers of Arka patra and Saindhava lavaṇa in an earthen pot.
  • Keep a śarāva to cover the pot. Seal the edge of the śarāva and the pot with seven consecutive layers of clay-smeared cloth and allow to dry.
  • Subject it to fire till the pot becomes red-hot. Remove the contents from the pot and grind to a fine powder in a khalva.
  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.[1]

Description

  • A fine powder, passing through sieve number 100; grey in colour, odourless, taste salty.

Storage

  • Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

  • Gulma (Abdominal lump), Udara roga (Diseases of abdomen), Plīhodara (Splenomegaly) Yakṛtodara (Enlargement of Liver).

Dose

  • 1g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

  • Water, Butter milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying Not more than 1 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 3 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution) 9 to 10

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 104.