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In the mica process the text names yellow mica (hemabhraka) together with patalika and patuvajraka.

The verse says matsyakshi, girikarnika, shikhishikha, jangharuha and kshirini bring about the nirmukha union of mica and mercury; the commentary says that mica and mercury mixed with the…

The verse says that with arama-shitala, vrishchika and similar plants mica is to be fed to the mercury as its food; the commentary says that mica used with arama-shitala and bidhuva grass…

Matsyakshi, girikarnika, shikhishikha, jangharuha and kshirini (the commentary: machheci, white kinihi, shikhi, kalihari, janghavriksha and milky-sap trees) are said to bring about the…

Yellow mica, patalika and patuvajraka are ground with rock salt, borax and the three pungents in punarnava juice, cooked in kanji, melted in a crucible, ground with gold powder and mixed…

Yellow mica (hemabhraka), patalika and patuvajraka are mixed with rock salt, borax, dry ginger, black pepper and long pepper and ground well with the juice of punarnava (vishakhapara); this…

The introduction says the Yajurveda describes the mantra-accompanied offering of particular parts of sacrificial animals, and that its Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas, especially the Aitareya…

Kalihari, named in the commentary, is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.

Fruits of the milky trees (kṣīrī vṛkṣa)—listed in the commentary as banyan, cluster fig, pīpal's pākhar, phāras and pīpal—are among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to…

The introduction says Ayurveda has used medicines on a very large scale, surely and without strain, drawing them from animal parts, plants, minerals and substances such as milk; in using…

To strengthen (brimhana) mercury the text says it should always be made fire-resistant (agnisaha) by tapana, vasana and kasana, in the order of the Jina doctrine, by which it becomes very…

Mica used with arama-shitala and bidhuva grass is said to digest the mercury well.

Introducing, from the scripture of the chief yogis, the processing of bija (gold), mica, tikshna iron, makshika and their essences (sattva) for binding gold-making mercury, the text first…

The commentary renders the verse word girindrakarnika as the white kinihi tree.

Perfected mercury with mica powder, joined with gold (the commentary: gold bhasma), becomes steady in fire, and one who eats this swooned nectar is said to gain quickly imperishable vigour,…

Jangharuha (the commentary: janghavriksha) is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.

Matsyākṣī is listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

Orpiment, realgar, banyan leaves, white mica and mercury are ground well with milk and applied to the face; the text says the face becomes like a lotus and draws every mind and eye.

Orpiment, realgar, banyan leaves, white mica and mercury ground well with milk and applied to the face are said to make it like a lotus and attractive to every mind and eye.

Perfected mercury with mica powder (ghana-churna, in the verse) is joined with gold, which the commentary calls gold bhasma; by the processes the verse calls samvasana and atyasana, and the…

Entries 34–57, which close the अ section, from अभ्रक (mica) to इक्षफल (लोध). They include अमरदारु (देवदार), अमृत (गिलोय, बचनाग), अम्लिका (इमली), अरिष्ट (छाछ, नीम, लहसन, रीठा), अर्क and…

The whole व section, entries 1–53 on PDF 753–756, from वकुला (कुटकी) to व्योष (सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल, that is त्रिकटु). It includes वचा, वज्र and वज्री (थूहर, the diamond, white kusha, mica and…

Shikhishikha (the commentary: shikhi) is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.