Kashaya

Kashaya means ‘decoction’ or extract. There are more than 1000 kinds of Kashayas. Parts of herbs are cut into small pieces and then boiled in water in an earthen vessel till the liquid is reduced to a quarter of its original volume. The decoction is then strained though fine cloth or muslin.

Other varieties of medicines : -

Sheeta Kashaya (cold infusion)
Phanta Kashaya
Kalka (paste)
Churna (powder)
Asava
Arishta
Lehya
Thaila
Kuzhambu
Ghruta
Gulika
Vadaka