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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
*Greyish white, fine powder, passing through sieve number 100; hygroscopic, odourless, taste saline; freely soluble in water. | *Greyish white, fine powder, passing through sieve number 100; hygroscopic, odourless, taste saline; freely soluble in water. | ||
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| + | ==Storage== | ||
| + | *Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture. | ||
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| + | ==Therapeutic uses== | ||
| + | * Ādhmāna (Flatulance), Ānāha (distention of abdomen due to obstruction to passage of urine and stool), Śūla (pain), Udara (diseases of abdomen), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Plīhāmaya (Splenic disease), Micchra (Dysuria). | ||
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| + | ==Dose== | ||
| + | *½ to 1 g daily in divided dose. | ||
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| + | ==Anupāna== | ||
| + | *Warm water, Ghrta. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Yava Ksaara is an alkaline preparation made with the ingredient in the Formulation composition given below
Contents
Formulation composition
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Cut Yava into small pieces and dry completely. Burn to ash (Bhasma). Add 6 parts of water to Bhasma, stir well and keep over night.
- Next morning decant the clear liquid and filter through a three-layered muslin cloth. Repeat the filtering process till a colourless filtrate is obtained. Transfer filtered material to a stainless steel vessel and heat to evaporate the water.
- Collect kshara deposited as flakes from the bottom of the vessel and grind to a fine powder.
- Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture[1]
Description
- Greyish white, fine powder, passing through sieve number 100; hygroscopic, odourless, taste saline; freely soluble in water.
Storage
- Store in a cool place in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture.
Therapeutic uses
- Ādhmāna (Flatulance), Ānāha (distention of abdomen due to obstruction to passage of urine and stool), Śūla (pain), Udara (diseases of abdomen), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Plīhāmaya (Splenic disease), Micchra (Dysuria).
Dose
- ½ to 1 g daily in divided dose.
Anupāna
- Warm water, Ghrta.
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 112.
