Tikshna iron is powdered, mixed with an equal amount of svarnamakshika powder, washed well with hot kanji and cooked well many times with kanji. It is then purified with cow urine, buttermilk, sesame oil, dviraja and the decoction of indra (indrayava); the commentary explains that it is heated and quenched in these liquids again and again, which purifies it.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- तीक्ष्ण लोह का शोधन
- English
- Purification of tikshna iron with svarnamakshika
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Iron (loha)लोहा (लोह) | ती़ण / ती़ण लोह | Not stated |
| Pyrite (makshika)सोनामाखी (माक्षिक) | वरमाि़ाकधातुचूर्ण / सुवर्ण माि़ाक का चूर्ण | उतना ही · equal to the iron powder |
| Sour fermented gruel (kanjika)कांजी (काञ्जिक) | उष्णवरकांजिका / गरम कांजी | Not stated |
| Cow urine (gomutra)गोमूत्र (गाय का मूत्र) | गोमूत्र | Not stated |
| Buttermilk (takra)छाछ (तक्र) | तक्र / छाछ | Not stated |
| Sesame oil (tila taila)तिल का तेल (तैल) | तिलज / तिल का तैल | Not stated |
| Dvirajaद्विरज | द्विरेज / द्विरज | Not stated |
| Indrayava (kurchi seeds)इन्द्रजौ (इन्द्रयव) | इन्द्र / इन्द्रजै | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Washing and repeated cooking with kanji, then heating and quenching repeatedly in the purifying liquids.
उसको गरम करके उक्र द्रव में बु¤ाते जावंे। (इस प्रकार करने से उसकी शुद्दि होती है)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
उत्क्वाथय साधु बहुश: परिशोधयेच्चा, गोमूत्रतक्रतिलजंद्विरेजेन्द्रतोयै:2॥ 25॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 24 · p. 574 · v. 25.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Footnote 2 gives द्विरद as a variant reading for द्विरेज; the commentary, printed on PDF 647, writes द्विरज without explaining it.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 24
- Extraction tasks
- T27
- Record id
- method_tikshna_loha_shodhana_p646