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*Collect ksāra deposited as flakes from the bottom of the vessel and grind it to a fine powder.
 
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Apamarga Kshaara is an off -white alkaline preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Method of preparation

  • Take ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
  • Cut whole plant of Apāmārga into small pieces and dry completely. Burn to ash (Bhasma).
  • Add 6 parts of water to the 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 ksāra deposited as flakes from the bottom of the vessel and grind it to a fine powder.
  • Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.[1]

Description

  • Fine powder, passing through sieve number 100, hygroscopic, odour faint and taste saline, freely soluble in water..

References

  1. THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 102.