Human health and medicine

Kalaka curna

Kalaka curna, also written Kalaka churna, is an Ayurvedic powder mixed with honey and held in the mouth to treat diseases of the teeth, mouth, and throat.

Kālaka cūrṇa (lepa), also kālaka lepa, is a classical Ayurvedic powder-paste formulation for external use, described in Charaka Samhita for diseases of teeth, mouth, and throat, with 13 ingredients including purified iron, and listed in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India.

Kalakuta Rasa

Kalakuta Rasa is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa formulation referenced in Basavarajeeyam (AFI Vol. 2 16:10), combining purified aconite, mercury, sulfur, realgar, copper bhasma, and borax for sannipata conditions.

Oct 22, 2026

Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement

Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement is a historic isolation settlement on a peninsula on Molokai, Hawaii, where about 8,000 people with Hansen's disease were exiled from 1866 to 1969.

Kali Muscle

Kali Muscle (Chuck Kirkendall, born 1975) is an Oakland-born bodybuilder, YouTuber, and actor known for prison-workout videos, Geico commercials, an admitted steroid past, and a 2021 heart attack.

Kallmann syndrome

Kallmann syndrome, also called hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with anosmia (olfacto-genital dysplasia), is a genetic disorder in which GnRH neurons fail to migrate from the olfactory placode, causing absent puberty, infertility, and impaired smell; over 20 genes including ANOS1 and FGFR1 are implicated.

Kalyana Ksara

Kalyana Ksara (Kalyāṇa kṣāra, Kalyāṇaka Kṣāra) is a classical Ayurvedic internal alkali formulation from Astanga Hrudaya, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000297, 1 g dose) for constipation, hemorrhoids, urinary calculi, and related disorders.

Kalyanaka avaleha

Kalyanaka avaleha (Kalyāṇaka leha, कल्याणावलेह) is an Ayurvedic semisolid confection of nine powdered drugs with cow ghee, pharmacopoeial in India, used for voice and speech disorders and studied in pediatric language impairment.

Kalyanaka ghrta

Kalyanaka Ghrita (Kalyāṇaka Ghṛta) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee made from 28 herbs and cow ghee, used for memory, psychiatric, and neuropsychiatric conditions; studied in an N-of-1 trial for mild cognitive impairment.

Kalyanaka Guda

Kalyanaka Guda (Kalyāṇaka guḍa), Ayurvedic Formulary of India formulation AFI000223, is a jaggery-based confection (leha) from Ashtanga Samgraha Kalpasthana, dosed 6–12 g, indicated for abdominal disorders, jaundice, fistula, hemorrhoids, skin disease, and anemia.

Kalyanavaleha

Kalyanavaleha (Kalyāṇāvaleha) is a semisolid Ayurvedic polyherbal linctus of eight plants plus cow ghee and rock salt, dosed 1-2 g, used for aphasia and hoarseness; standardized by microscopy, physicochemical tests, and HPTLC with curcumin (0.252-0.265%) as biomarker.

Kam W. Leong

Kam W. Leong is a Columbia University biomedical engineer, a pioneer of nanotechnology for drug and gene delivery and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Kamadudha rasa (afi afi-kamadudarasa)

Kamadudha rasa (कामदुधा रस, Kamdudha Ras) is a mercury-free Ayurvedic powder of pearl, coral, shell, conch, red ochre and Tinospora extract, dosed 125–500 mg twice daily for hyperacidity, bleeding disorders, and chronic fever.

Kamadudha rasa (afi afi-kamadudarasamauktikayukta)

Kamadudha Rasa (Mouktikayukta), AFI Part II 16:9, is a mercury-free Ayurvedic herbo-mineral powder of pearl, coral, shell bhasmas, red ochre, and Guduchi Sattva, used as a Pitta-pacifying antacid for amlapitta and hyperacidity.

Kamadudha rasa (afi afi-kamadudarasamuktayukta)

Kamadudha rasa (Kāmadudhā Rasa, muktāyukta) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral powder of five calcined shells and coral, red ochre, and guduchi satva, used for pitta disorders such as amlapitta and bleeding conditions; dose 250-500 mg twice daily.

Kamala Selvaraj

Kamala Selvaraj (கமலா செல்வராஜ்), Chennai obstetrician-gynecologist and daughter of Gemini Ganesan; founded GG Hospital's Fertility Research Centre and delivered South India's first test tube baby in August 1990.

Kampo Medicine

Kampo medicine (漢方医学) is the traditional herbal medicine of Japan, derived from ancient Chinese medicine and remodeled into a distinct Japanese system. It uses dry extract formulations covered by Japan's national health insurance.

Kanaka Taila

Kanaka Taila (Kanaka Thailam) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated sesame oil from Chakradatta and Bhaishajya Ratnavali, used for Vyanga (facial melasma), Nilika, and Mukha Roga via Nasya and Abhyanga, standardized in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India.

Kanakasava

Kanakasava (कनकासव), an Ayurvedic fermented asava from Bhaishajyaratnavali, made with Datura metel and nine other herbs; contains 5–10% self-generated alcohol, dosed 12–24 ml for cough and asthma.

Kanakasundara Rasa

Kanakasundara Rasa (कनकसुन्दर रस) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa formulation of purified sulphur, borax, aconite, datura, cannabis, and peppers, dosed at 125 mg, indicated for fever with diarrhoea and kushta.

Kancanabhra rasa (afi afi-kancanabrarasa)

Kāñcanābhra rasa (काञ्चनाभ्र रस), also romanized Kancanabhra rasa, is an Ayurvedic rasa yoga herbo-mineral formulation in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000562, 62.5 mg) with calcined gold, mica, mercury, and pearl, indicated for emaciation, kapha-pitta fever, prameha, and vātaroga.

Kangaroo care

Kangaroo care, or kangaroo mother care (Método Madre Canguro), is prolonged skin-to-skin contact plus exclusive breastfeeding for preterm and low-birth-weight newborns. Developed by Edgar Rey Sanabria in Bogotá in 1978; WHO recommends starting it immediately after birth, 8–24 hours daily.

Kankayana Gutika

Kankayana Gutika (Kankayan Gutika), a classical Ayurvedic pill from Bhaishajya Ratnavali (AFI Part-I 12:5) for gulma, krimi, and arsha; dose 500 mg–1 g; rat study found liver and thymus weight decreases at 400 mg/kg.

Kantaka Rasa

Kantaka rasa, formally Ajirna Kantaka Rasa (AFI000489), is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa yoga for indigestion (ajirna, agnimandya, visuchika); AFI dose 125–250 mg, classical recipe in Rasa Ratna Samuchchaya with mercury, sulphur, aconite.

Kantakaryavaleha

Kantakaryavaleha (Kantakari Avaleha, Kaṇṭakāryavaleha) is a classical Ayurvedic electuary, first described in the 12th-century Sharangdhara Samhita, based on Solanum xanthocarpum and used for asthma, cough, and hiccups; AFI dose 6-12 g.

Kantavallabha rasa

Kantavallabha rasa (Kanta Vallabha Rasa), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral kupipakwa formulation of mercury, sulphur, iron bhasmas, borax, and realgar; AFI-listed (AFI000477, 250–500 mg) for anemia, splenic disorders, cough, dyspnea, and emaciation.

Kaphaketu rasa

Kaphaketu rasa (कफकेतु रस), an Ayurvedic Formulary of India herbo-mineral tablet of purified aconite (Vatsanabha), borax, conch-shell bhasma, long pepper, and ginger, dosed 125-250 mg for Kapha respiratory disorders; studied for anti-histaminic, anti-inflammatory, and mucolytic activity.

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV, HHV-8), a gamma-2 herpesvirus discovered by Chang and Moore in 1994, causes Kaposi sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, multicentric Castleman disease, and KICS; saliva is its main transmission route.

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma

Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma is a rare, locally aggressive vascular tumor of the skin or internal organs, seen mainly in infants and often linked to the Kasabach-Merritt coagulopathy.