Swooning (murcchana) of mercury with old jaggery

The text says mercury ground (mardana) with old jaggery becomes swooned (murcchita); verse 4 says swooned mercury destroys many bad diseases.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: रसमूर्च्छन
Hindi: पारे का मूर्च्छन
English: Swooning (murcchana) of mercury with old jaggery

Ingredients and preparation

Chapter 24 · p. 570 · v. 5

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद)	रसवर / रस	Not stated
Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड)	पुराणगुड / पुराने गुड	Not stated

Preparation as described

Mercury is ground with old jaggery.

भावार्थ : रस को पुराने गुड से मर्दित कर मूच्र्छित करना चाहिए अर्थात् एेसा करने से रस मूर्छित होता है।

पुराणगुडमर्दितो रसवरं स्वयं मूच्र्छयेत्कपित्थफलसद्रसैर्मि्रयत एव गोबंधनै:।Source wording as converted, Chapter 24 · p. 570 · v. 5.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.

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

Ingredients2

Jaggery (guda)गुड़ (गुड)Mercury (parada)पारा (पारद)

Questions2

What are the three processes of mercury named at the start of chapter 24, and what result does the text give for each?अध्याय 24 के आरंभ में पारे के कौन से तीन संस्कार बताए गए हैं और ग्रंथ प्रत्येक का क्या फल बताता है?With what does the text say mercury is swooned and killed, and how is the killed mercury taken?ग्रंथ के अनुसार पारे का मूर्च्छन और मारण किससे होता है, और मृत रस कैसे लिया जाता है?

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Swooning and killing of mercuryपारे का मूर्च्छन और मारण

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Mercury and rejuvenating preparationsरसरसायनसिद्धाधिकार

Questions and answers

What are the three processes of mercury named at the start of chapter 24, and what result does the text give for each?

Murcchana (swooning), marana (killing, making bhasma) and bandhana (binding): swooned mercury destroys many bad diseases, killed mercury brings wealth, grain and enjoyment, and bound (siddha) mercury gives the power of moving through the sky and freedom from ageing and death.

Detailed answer and sources

With what does the text say mercury is swooned and killed, and how is the killed mercury taken?

It is swooned by grinding with old jaggery and killed with wood-apple juice, or quickly with gobandhana, sticky palasha-seed juice, cumin or kuchi seeds; the killed mercury, rubbed with gold, is taken daily in well-boiled milk with jaggery according to the measure of the doshas.