Potable alkali (paniya kshara)

The potable kind of kshara is said to be used in compound poisoning (gara), abdominal enlargement, gulma, weak digestion, urinary stone and gravel, various nodules, piles, severe internal poisons and worms, breathlessness, cough and severe indigestion.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: पानीय क्षार
Hindi: पानीय क्षार (पीने योग्य क्षार)
English: Potable alkali (paniya kshara)

Ingredients and preparation

Taken by mouthChapter 21 · p. 477 · v. 16-17

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Alkali preparations (kshara)क्षार (खार)	पानीय ़ार	Not stated

How it is used

Drunk.

पानीय ़ार (पीने योग्य ़ार) प्रयुक्र होता है।

Indicated for, as the text says

Compound poisons (garavisha)(गर (कृत्रिमविष))
Udara roga (abdominal enlargement)(उदररोग)
Abdominal lump (gulma)(गुल्मरोग)
Weak digestion (agnimandya)(अग्निमांद्य)
Urinary stone (ashmari)(अशमरी)
Urinary gravel (sharkara)(शर्करा)
Nodules (granthi)(नाना प्रकार के गं्रथिरोग)
Haemorrhoids (arsha)(अर्श)
Poisoning (visha)(अंतर्गत तीव्र विषरोग)
Worm infestation (krimi)(कृमिरोग)
Breathlessness and asthma (shvasa)(श्वास)
Cough (kasa)(कास)
Indigestion (ajirna)(भयंकर अजीर्ण)

Therapies involvedCaustic therapy (kshara karma)क्षार कर्म

गर (कृत्रिमविष) उदररोग, गुल्मरोग, अग्निमांद्य, अशमरी, शर्करा, नाना प्रकार के गं्रथिरोग, अर्श, अंतर्गत तीव्र विषरोग व कृमिरोग, श्वासकास, भयंकर अजीर्ण, इन रोगों में पानीय ़ार (पीने योग्य ़ार) प्रयुक्र होता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 21 · p. 477 · v. 16-17.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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