A REVIEW ON DIFFERENT METHODS OF KSHAR PREPARATION
Dr. Mangala Jadhav* and Dr. Reshu Rathore
ABSTRACT
Kshar is a kind of medication described in Ayurveda Texts. It is
alkaline substance obtained from the ashes of different drugs. It is a
medicine, prepared out of the dried plants water soluble ashes by a
special process known as Kshar kalpana. In our classical texts, there
are many methods of preparation of kshar kalpana are mentioned.
These methods vary from each other regarding some points like ratio
of ash to water, duration of soaking of ash with water, number of
filtration and also vessels for the preparation of kshar. So in this this
paper an attempt has been made to take a review on different methods
of the preparation of kshar from various classical texts.
Keywords: Kshar kalpana.
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