Mūlaka Kṣāra

Mūlaka Kṣāra is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

Formulation composition

Mūlaka API Bhasma	Raphanus sativus	Pl.	1 part
Jala API	Water		6 parts

Method of preparation

• Take ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
• Collect mature Mūlaka, wash and cut into small pieces and dry completely. Burn to ash (Bhasma).
• Add 6 parts of water to the Bhasma, stir well and keep overnight. 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 in 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

to a fine powder.

• Pack it in tightly closed containers to protect from light and moisture.

Description

• Fine powder, passing through sieve number 100; hygroscopic, odourless, taste salty; freely soluble in water.

Storage

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

Therapeutic uses

• Mūtṛakṛcchṛa (Dysuria), Aśmarī (Calculus), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Vātavikāra (disorders due to vata doṣa).

Dose

• 1g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Water.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 1 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 1 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	10 to 11