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Mineralखनिज

Iron (loha)

लोहा (लोह) · लोह

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A canonical name in the library. The curated extraction has not reached a passage about it yet; name matches on the source pages are listed below.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
लोहअयस्तीक्ष्णकान्तमुण्डकालायस
Hindi
लोहालोहलौहलोह भस्ममंडूर
English
Ironironlohairon calx
Romanized
lohalauhaloha bhasma

Safety

  • Editorial safety note: heavy_metal, professional_supervision. This is a library classification, not a statement from the source.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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Topics of the text that discuss it

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Bharangyadi arishtaHair-blackening oilHaritaki hair-blackening pasteNavayasa powderPaste for blackening the hairPaste that removes grey hairPlant glossary, letter section त (entries 1–41: तगर to त्वक्)Plant glossary, letter section न (entries 1–35: नक्त to न्यग्रोध)Plant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)Plant glossary, क entries 71–82 (कुलहला to केतकी)Procedures with mica and tikshna ironPurifying and perfuming water

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 29 times on 21 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What diet and total amount go with the sharp iron ash, and what result is claimed for it?

Food free of salt and sour things, and one tula in all (5 ser in the commentary); one who does so is said to live a hundred years free of disease.

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Content type
Mineral
Categories
MetalMineral
Source pages with records
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Pages naming it
21
Record id
ingredient_loha