[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877) › c4.s20 # The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s20: Carbonate of Potash The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s20 - **Language:** English ### Carbonate of Potash ### [c4.s20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20.1) \*Sans.\* यवक्षार, \*Yavakshára.\* ### [c4.s20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20.2) THIS article, as well as the next one called \*sarjikákshára\*, is mentioned by Susruta, and has been used in medicine from a very remote period. \*Yavakshára\* is prepared by reducing to ashes the green spikes of the barley (\*Hordeum hexastichum\*), dissolving the ashes in water, straining the solution through thick cloth, and evaporating it over the fire. The resulting salt is a clear amorphous powder with a saline and partly acid taste. Chemically it is carbonate of potash with some impurities. \*Yavakshára\* is described as stomachic, laxative and diuretic. It is used in urinary diseases, dyspepsia, enlarged spleen and other enlargements of the abdominal viscera. A decoction of chebulic myrobalan and rohitaka bark is given with the addition of carbonate of potash and long pepper in enlarged spleen and liver, and in tumours in the abdomen called ### [c4.s20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20.3) बीजपूररसेनैव भावितं सप्तवारकम् । एतच्च योषितं सर्वं लवणं भास्कराभिधम् । शाणप्रमाणं देयन्तु मस्तुकसुरासवैः । वातश्लेष्मभवं गुल्मं प्लीहानमुदरचयम् । मन्दाग्निं नाशयेदेतद्दीपनं पाचनं परम् । सर्वलोकहितार्थाय भास्करेणोदितं पुरा । शार्ङ्गधरः । ### [c4.s20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20.4) gulma.¹ In strangury or painful micturition, carbonate of potash with sugar is considered a very efficacious remedy.² It enters into the composition of numerous saline medicines. ### [c4.s20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20.5) ¹ पथ्यारोहितकं कायं यवक्षारक्षयायुतम् । पिबेत् प्रातर्यकृत्प्लीहगुल्मो- दरनिवृत्तये । शार्ङ्गधरः । ### [c4.s20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20.6) ² यवक्षारस्य चूर्णन्तु संयोज्य सितया सह । भक्षयेन्नियतं तस्य प्रमे- हन्नूत्रनिचयः । भावप्रकाशः । ## Linked texts (2) - [Śārṅgadharasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.sarngadharasamhita) — Śārṅgadhara (physician), Sanskrit - [Bhāvaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.bhavaprakasa) — Bhāvamiśra 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dutt-1877.c4.s20) · Pramāṇa