Comparative physico-chemical analysis of snuhi kshara and apamarga kshara - an experiment study

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Journal name: International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Original article title: Comparative physico-chemical analysis of snuhi kshara and apamarga kshara - an experiment study
The International Ayurvedic Medical Journal (IAMJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific publication dedicated to Ayurveda. It aims to integrate Ayurvedic concepts with modern scientific understanding, offering a comprehensive source of validated knowledge for both the modern Ayurvedic community and the broader medical fraternity.

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Rohitash Gurjar
Sanjeev Sharma
Narinder Singh


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Year: 2021

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Acharya Sushruta is the pioneer of Kshara Kalpana , as he introduced Kshara Kalpana ( Ayurvedic formulation) in one of the specific chapters. These alkaline preparations have many therapeutic usages and even proved to be effective in treating many disorders through external use as well as internal use. External applications of these preparations have replaced many surgical procedures Kshara is alkaline substance obtained from the ash of herbal drugs. Kshara is a substance that has Ksharan (corrosive) nature means which removes Dusta Tvagmansadi (vitiated debris of skin, flesh etc.) or vitiated Dosha, Dhatu,Mala . Now a days Kshara and Ksharasutra is routinely prepared by Apamarga Kshara . Acharya Susruta has mentioned 23 plants from which we can make the Kshara . So, we need more plants to explore for kshara preparation. We selected Snuhi for Kshara preparation and comparative physicochemical study is done with standard Apamarga Kshara. Keywords: Ayurveda, Kshara , Snuhi Kshara , Physico- Chemical analysis

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