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Palāśa Kṣāra
Palaasha ksaara is a white alkaline preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Palāśa API-Bhasma | Butea monosperma | Pl. | 1 part |
| Jala API | Water | 6 parts |
Method of preparation
- Take all ingredients of pharmacopoeial quality.
- Cut Palasha 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[1]
Description
- 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
- Agnimāndya (Digestive impairment), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Plīhyakrdvr,ddhi (Spleno-hepatomegaly), Mūtrakrcchra (Dysuria), Aśamarī (Calculus), Śarkarā (gravel in urine), Grahanshī (malabsorption syndrome), Ānāha (distention of abdomen due to obstruction to passage of urine and stool), Vishūcikā (Gastro-enteritis with piercing pain).
Dose
- ½ to 1 g daily in divided doses.
Anupāna
- Warm water, Milk.
Physico-chemical parameters
| Loss on drying at 1100 | Not more than 6 per cent |
| Acid-insoluble ash | Not more than 1 per cent |
| pH (10% aqueous solution) | 10 to 12 |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-1, page no 111.
