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Every one of them contains iron powder, most also triphala and several nilanjana, bhringaraja, nili and sesame oil; most are matured in an iron vessel or a treated pot, often buried in a heap of grain, then worshipped and applied to the hair.
Detailed answer
The mango-kernel paste is matured four months and the mango-iron-jujube paste six; the haritaki paste six, three, two or one month; the shyamadi paste ten nights and its oil a month; the preparation with copper, iron, nilanjana and bronze powders four months. Several are applied after a triphala paste and wash, some are also taken as nasya, and one is drunk as well. The text says white hair turns black, often at once; these are traditional statements.
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- Source pages with records
- 4
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- Chapters
- Chapter 23
- Extraction tasks
- T26
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- qa_T26_10