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Ingredient
Buffalo dung
भैंस का मल · माहिषशकृत्
Animal product
Beeswax (madhuchchhishta)
मोम (मधूच्छिष्ट) · मधूच्छिष्ट
Beeswax mixed with svarnamakshika, crow dung, nalika, buffalo ear-wax, woman's milk, the paravati tree, meshashringi and borax powder is said to bring about the transfer (sankramana) of the…
Principle
Non-violent diet and avoidance of meat in medicine
अहिंसक आहार (मांस निषेध) · मांसनिषेध
The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.
Procedure
Beeswax mixture for the transfer of mercury
रस संक्रमण औषध · रससंक्रामण
The text says the bound, purified and perfected king of mercury (rasaraja) is transferred (sankramati) by beeswax mixed with svarnamakshika, crow dung (kakavit), nalika (the commentary: a…
Topic
Drugs for the transfer of mercury; close of the teaching
रस संक्रमण की औषधियाँ और उपसंहार · रस संक्रमणौषध
Having described the bound, purified and perfected king of mercury, the text names the drugs for its transfer (sankramana): beeswax mixed with svarnamakshika, crow dung, nalika (a kind of…
Remedy
Dung juice and dung-ash water of the donkey and other animals in food
खर आदि के मल का उपयोग
Flour of rice, wheat and the like mixed with the juice of the dung of donkey, camel, cow, buffalo and horse is eaten, and water strained through the ash of the same dung is used for…
Ingredient
Group of urines (eight kinds)
आठ प्रकार के मूत्र · मूत्रगण
Because grass-eaters owe their vigour to plants, the text says, their dung, urine and milk, not those of flesh-eaters, are taken as medicines; it quotes that the urines of goat, sheep, cow,…
Topic
Use of the dung of the donkey and other animals
गधे आदि के मल का उपयोग · खर आदि के मल का उपयोग
Eating flour of rice, wheat and the like mixed with the juice of the dung of the donkey, camel, cow, buffalo and horse, and using water strained through the ash of the same dung for…
Question
With what does the text say mercury is made to pass into metals (sankramana)?
ग्रंथ के अनुसार पारे का धातुओं में संक्रमण किससे होता है?
With the juices of five plants (the commentary: musta, palasha, gorakhmundi, betel and milky-sap trees), and, for the perfected king of mercury, with beeswax mixed with svarnamakshika, crow…