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CRITICAL REVIEW ON KSHAR KALPANA AND ITS ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS

Dr. Deepak Kumar Tiwari*, Dr. Saurabh Tiwari, Dr. Manish Agrawal, Dr. Jyotima Pandey

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Abstract

Kshar is generally called as alkali. But the chemical nature of all the kshara need not be alkaline. Usually kshara is prepared by burning the dry herbs in open air (complete combustion). The ash thus obtained is filtered and the liquid is subjected to heat to obtain kshara at the bottom of the vessel. Soluble part of the ash is dissolved in water and is collected at the end after all the water is dried. Hence kshara is nothing but the water soluble part of the ash.[1] Important of kshara, the disease which are difficult to treat can be cured by kshara, various types of skin ailments can be cured due to its lekhana property, in rasa shastra, kshara play its own role in different pharmaceutical procedure like shodhana, marana, jarana etc., kshara acts as an antidote ex. Tankana kshara acts as an antidote for vatsanabha.

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