Leaf salt (Patra lavana)

Equal parts of the leaves of karanja, both nightshades, putikaranja, chitraka, ikshuraka (gokhuru in the commentary), mushkaka, punarnava and castor are powdered, mixed with an equal amount of sea salt, sealed in an earthen pot and burnt with forest cow-dung cakes. Named Patra lavana, it is said to destroy vata diseases, nodules, gulma, kapha and swelling.