Transfer (sankramana) of mercury

The juices of five plants, kanta, meghaninadika, shravanika, tambula and sankshirini (the commentary: musta, palasha, gorakhmundi, betel and milky-sap trees), are said always to make mercury pass into (sankramaka) the kinds of metal. Mercury mixed with their paste, smeared on leaves and applied to a mirror is said to pervade it by itself.