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Apāmārga Kṣāra
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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 ksāra 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]
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 102.
