Yava Kṣāra

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Yava Ksaara is an alkaline preparation made with the ingredient in the Formulation composition given below

Formulation composition

Yava (API) Bhasma	Hordeum vulgare	Pl.	1 part
Jala API	Water		6 parts

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

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.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying at 1100	Not more than 4 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1 per cent
pH (10% aqueous solution)	9 to 10