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'''Ksharasutra''' is a medicated device prepared with a linen thread of specified physical characteristics, to meet the quality of the finished product described below, by coating it with layers of materials obtained from plants as mentioned. | '''Ksharasutra''' is a medicated device prepared with a linen thread of specified physical characteristics, to meet the quality of the finished product described below, by coating it with layers of materials obtained from plants as mentioned. | ||
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Ksharasutra is a medicated device prepared with a linen thread of specified physical characteristics, to meet the quality of the finished product described below, by coating it with layers of materials obtained from plants as mentioned.
Contents
Formulation composition
| Linen Thread of 20 gauge, of suitable length | |||
| Snuh¢ KÀ¢ra API | Euphorbia neriifolia | Fresh | Q.S. |
| Stem Latex | |||
| Ap¡m¡rga KÀ¡ra API | Achyranthes aspera | Water soluble ash of Pl. | Q.S. |
| Haridr¡ API | Curcuma longa | Rz. | Q.S. |
Method of preparation
- Spread the surgical linen thread of size 20 throughout the length and breadth of the hanger of the specially designed cabinet known as Ksharasutra (K.S.) Cabinet.
- Smear the thread with latex, uniformly and carefully, all around the thread, with the help of clean gauze piece soaked in the Snuhi Kshara.
- After smearing all the threads on the hanger, place the hanger in the Ksharasutra cabinet for drying.
- Close the cabinet properly and dry at 500 leaving it overnight.
- Close all the outlets of the Ksharasutra cabinet properly in order to prevent the entry of moisture in to the cabinet.[1]
Description
- A dark brown coloured thread, with a dry coat of medicament that remains intact on handling and smooth to touch.
- The thread used is of linen consisting of processed pericyclic fibres from stems of Linum usitatissimum, complying with microscopy.
Storage
- Keep in moisture free condition, away from direct sunlight & heat.
Therapeutic uses
- Bhagandara (Fistula-in-ano and other fistulae of perianal region), Nadivra¸a (sinuses), Arsa (haermorrhoids), Dushta Nadivrana (chronic-infected, non-healing ulcers), Vrana (ulcers), Vidradhi (abscesses of different location, Pilonidal sinus, Injection sinus), Arbuda (tumor), Adhimausa (external growth of muscle and skin), Yoni Arsa (vaginal polyps).
Dose
Physico-chemical parameters
| Length of thread | 29 to 31 cm |
| Weight | 0.9 to 1 g |
| Diameter/Thickness | 1.75 to 2.0 mm |
| Tensile Strength | not less than 5 kg |
| Loss on drying at 105 degree | Not more than 5 per cent |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 85 per cent |
| Hexane-soluble extractive | Not less than 6 per cent |
| Sulphated ash | 80 to 82 per cent |
| pH (1% aqueous solution) | 9.3 to 10.5 |
| Total alkalies (calculated as carbonates) | Not less than 20% |
References
- ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-II, VOLUME-II, page no 209.
