TY - JOUR AU - Dr. Shilpa Nimbal, AU - Dr. Umapati C. Baragi, AU - Dr. Jyothi Alias Jyotsna, PY - 2019/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Lavana Varga in Ayurveda JF - Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences JA - J Ayurveda Integr Med Sci VL - 4 IS - 03 SE - Review Article DO - 10.21760/jaims.v4i03.625 UR - https://jaims.in/jaims/article/view/625 SP - 79-83 AB - Lavana has been used as medicine as well as food since ancient times. A number of salts are described in various ancient texts and out of which, some are not available in present day, but Panchalavana are mainly used in medicinal purposes. The names of five varieties of Lavana are included in Panchalavana group,varies from text to text. There are many terms commonly used in Ayurveda as like Lavantraya, Lavana Chaturya, Lavana Panchaka, Lavanashadushna etc. Lavana Panchaka is explained first among them. The group of five salts viz. Saindhava Lavana, Samudra Lavana, Vida Lavana, Sauvarchala Lavana, Romaka Lavana , among all Saindhava Lavana is the best one. ER -