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Against which diseases is the chitraka rasayana said to work, and how is chitraka root purified?

चित्रक रसायन किन रोगों में कारगर बताया गया है, और चित्रक की जड़ कैसे शुद्ध की जाती है?

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It is said to destroy strong rajayakshma (kshaya), dreadful piles and all diseases; the footnote says the root is purified by keeping it in lime water.

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In verses 43-44 the decoction of the purified root is mixed with sugar, burnt shankhanabhi, phanita and the paste of all the fragrant drugs, kept for a month in a pot buried in grain, and then drunk constantly by rule.

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