Palāśa Kṣāra

Palaasha ksaara is a white alkaline preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below.

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

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