|
|
 |
|
|
Kashaya kalpana is the aqueous extract or decoction. It is prepared by boiling 48 grams of powdered drug with 16 parts of water in an earthen vessel and reduced to 1/8th. The precautionary methods for preparing the decoction are:
- The powder must be coarse. If the powder is too fine, it seeps into the decoction while filtering.
- Secondly, when the powder is too fine it settles tightly at the bottom of the vessel. The water molecules fail to come in contact with each drug particle.
Hence, the decoction is not as concentrated (potent) as desired.
- Earthen or chemically inactive vessels like stainless steel must be used.
- Boiling must be carried out on moderate heat and before
boiling the drug must be soaked properly.
- While boiling the vessel must be kept in the open.
|
|
General uses of Kasayas
|
 |
- Kasaya is an important dosage used in the treatment of many diseases.
- They are used as Aschotana and Parisechana dravya in case of ophthalmic diseases.
- Decoctions are used as bhavana dravyas as anupanas [an after drink of medicine].
- They are used in the preparation of medicated oils and ghees, Arishta, Rasakriya, and Sarkara etc.
- They are used for Niruha basti and are used for vrana praksalana [washing wounds].
- The Shelf life of the drug is 24hrs and the intake of the drug i.e. dosage should be about 10 to 20 ml.
|
|
There are six types of kasaya kalpana
|
|
- Kshira paka is medicated milk that is prepared with one part of
a prescribed drug, eight parts of milk and
thirty two parts of water.
To prepare kshirpaka take one part drug + 8 parts of Milk + 32 parts of water and boil till only the milk part remains. Examples- Bhallataka ksirapaka, Rasna kshira paka etc. The intake of the drug i.e. dosage should be about 48ml.
General
uses :
- It is used as a medicine as well as a nutrient.
- It is an effective preparation for pitta Prakriti persons and for Pittaja
vyadhis.
- The preparation media (milk) helps to reduce tikshnatwa / toxicity.
- Preparations are palatable.
- They are good for people suffering from heart diseases.
- They are advisable even to a person having low digestive capacity.
- The effect of the drug is prolonged because of the fat (colloidal substance) present in the milk.
- Laksa Rasa is a water extract, obtained by boiling laksa [gummy resin of plant, Laccifer
lacca] with 6 parts of water and then filtered thoroughly.
For preparation take powdered Laksa bundled in a cloth and suspend it in dolayantra
containing six parts of water. Then boil till the water is
Ό th of the original amount. Then it is filtered through a clean cloth 21 times. This filtrate is called as Laksa
rasa.
- Mamsa Rasa means a juice or soup prepared by boiling the chopped meat with
the appropriate quantity of water. It
enhances taste, helps in relieving tiredness, exertion, dyspnoea and emaciation. It is also nutritive. The
types of mamsa rasa
are :
- Akrata mamsa rasa is a plain meat juice, prepared without adding any other ingredients.
- Krta mamsa rasa is a meat soup prepared by adding salt, adraka [ginger] and other spices and seasoned with mustard and cumin seeds in ghee or oil.
- Pramathya is a thick decoction, which is obtained by boiling 8 parts of water and 1 part of drug and reducing it to ½ part. To prepare add 8 parts of water to 1 part of drug. Boil it till it is reduced to ½. This thick decoction is called pramathya. The intake of the drug i.e. dosage should be about 96 ml in divided doses. The anupana should be madhu in nature.
- Shadanga Paniya- is a decoction of drugs with water and is explained as an Udaka
Kalpana. As it contains six ingredients and is used as a drink, it is called as Sadanga
Paniya.
Ingredients :
- Musta 1 part
- Parpata 1 part
- Ushira 1 part
- Chandana 1 part
- Sugandhvala 1 part
- Naagar 1 part
- Jala 1 part
To prepare the decoction first take a coarse powder of all the ingredients in equal quantity and soak them for few hours in sufficient quantity of water. Then add 64 parts of water, boil and reduce to ½(32parts). Filter it and use with appropriate
anupana.
- Ushnodaka means the water that is obtained by boiling and reducing it to 1/8th, Όth, or ½ part or just sufficiently boiled.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medication
