A CRITICAL REVIEW ON VARIOUS SOURCES USED IN THE PREPARATION OF SARJIKA KSHARA
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https://doi.org/10.55718/kja.143Keywords:
Swarjika kshara, Sarjika kshara, Kshara, Kshara kalpanaAbstract
An important dosage form in Ayurveda is kshara kalpana. It is one among the anusastras or accessory instruments for treatment especially diseases which require chedana or excision, scraping or lekhana In Susruta samhita and other brhattrayees much details are given about collection of plants for kshara preparation, methods of preparation, properties of kshara . Moreover in Rasasastra classics also information is available regarding method of preparation, sources, indications, dose and types of various ksharas . Among the different types of kshara, here swarjika kshara which has synonyms sarjika kshara is taken into consideration regarding the difference in sources of origin in the classics . A detailed review regarding kshara, its preparation, information about sources of swarjika kshara was done by referring classical ayurvedic textbooks and many rasagranthas like Rasa Tarangini etc. Two main plant sources and one mineral source have been mentioned in Ayurveda classics. As no available standards are present regarding the source for market samples of sarjika kshara, a standardization is a needed to compare the two main plant sources Duralabha and Dhanvayaasa mentioned in ayurvedic classicals as sarjika kshara source.
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