KANYASARA

Kanyasara consists of dried juice of leaves of Aloe barbadensis Mill. Syn. Aloe vera Tourn.ex Linn, Aloe indica Royle. (Fam. Liliacem), shrub planted in many Indian gardens and found growing throughout India.

SYNONYMS

Sanskrit : Kumarirasasambhava, Sahasara
Assamese : Musabhar, Machambar
Bengali : Ghritakalmi
English : Indian Aloe
Gujrati : Eliyo, Eariyo
Hindi : Musabhar, Elva
Kannada : Karibola, Lolesara satva, Lovalsara, Lolesara
Kashmiri : Musabbar, Siber
Malayalam : Chenninayakam
Marathi : Korphad
Oriya : Musabara
Punjabi : Kalasohaga, Mussabar, Alua
Tamil : Kattazhi, Satthukkathazhai
Telugu : Musambaram
Urdu : Musabbar, Ailiva, Siber

DESCRIPTION

a) Macroscopic

Dark chocolate brown, to black, compact, irregular masses: surface dull, opaque with slightly vitreous appearance, odour, characteristic, taste, nauseous and bitter.

b) Microscopic

Powder when mounted in glycerin or lactophenol and examined under the microscope shows innumerable crystalline, yellowish-brown to chocolate coloured particles of varying size and shape.

IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTHIdentification:

Mix 0.5 g with 50 ml of water, boil until nearly dissolved, cool, add 0.5 g of Kieselguhr and filter, to the filtrate apply the following tests-

(i) Heat 5 ml of filtrate with 0.2 g of Borax until dissolved, add a few drops of this solution to a test-tube nearly filled with Water, a green fluorescence is produced.
(ii) Mix 2 ml of filtrate with 2 ml of a freshly prepared solution of Bromine, a pale yellow precipitate is produced.

IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH

Foreign matter Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 5 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 80 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 60 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
Moisture content Not more than 10 per cent, Per cent of its weight when dried to constant weight at 105o C 2.2.9

CONSTITUENTS – Anthraquinone, glycoside

PROPERTIES AND ACTION

Rasa : Katu
Guna : Usna
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Bhedi, Pittanirharana, Rajahpravartaka, Jvaranut.

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Rajahpravartini Vati, Cukkumtippalyadi Gutika

THERAPEUTIC USES – Jvara, Udararoga, Kastartava, Yakrdvikara

DOSE – 125 – 500 mg of the drug in powder form.

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Kanyasara in Ayurveda Botanical Name Aloe barbadensis Mill