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Mūlaka Kṣāra
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Moolaka Ksaara is a powder preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Formulation composition
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 ksāra 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
- Fine powder, passing through sieve number 100; hygroscopic, odourless, taste salty; freely soluble in water.
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 108.
