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Realgar (manaḥśilā, called śilā in the verse) is listed among the mineral poisons that come from mines.

Alternatively manahshila mixed with ghee is licked for hiccup.

Sesame oil prepared with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, realgar and kanji is massaged on the body of a child seized by the Anuputana graha.

Pure menstrual blood (artava) is described as red like liquid realgar, the paste of hamsapadi, the blood of a hare, lac juice or bright saffron, and as coming out of a cloth on washing…

A colour-restoring paste: bhallataka seed, chitraka, bilva pulp, bhringaraja, arka latex, orpiment and realgar, or the hides of leopard, tiger, elephant or deer, burnt, powdered and mixed…

A paste of seventeen drugs headed by bael, including realgar and both kinds of arka, applied for swellings from strong kapha and vata and for vata and kapha diseases.

A paste of bael, chitraka, pippalimula, renuka seed, mahashravani and gorakhmundi, realgar, shigru root, agnimantha, both kinds of arka, vacha, the three pungents, turmeric, mustard, onion…

Garlic, tagara, asafoetida, vacha, samudraphena, white durva, guduchi, bitter gourd, bimbi, neem, kalihari, trikatu, rock salt, all fragrant drugs, cardamom, white girikarni, bhutakeshi,…

Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, turmeric and tree turmeric, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are ground well and…

Saffron, sandalwood, red sandalwood, lodhra, kushtha, lac, realgar, orpiment, the two turmerics, lotus stamens, manjishtha, golden ochre and the kakoli group are cooked into ghee with four…

The heartwood, exudate and bark of the cilla tree are poisonous (a variant reads billa). Arka, tilvaka (rendered lodh) and all kinds of snuhī are latex poisons. Orpiment, sulphur, realgar,…

Realgar, long pepper and dry ginger ground in the juices of black shigru, tulasi and fresh ginger, fumigated, and applied as a collyrium in kapha-caused eye diseases.

Realgar (manahshila), long pepper and dry ginger are ground thoroughly in the juices of black shigru (murungi), tulasi (surasa) and fresh ginger, fumigated in the same way, and always…

The child's body is massaged with sesame oil prepared with kushtha, sal resin, orpiment, realgar and kanji, and he is given ghee cooked with long pepper, long pepper root and the sweet…

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.

The first thirty numbered entries of the म section (no entry is numbered 15), from मगधोद्भवा (पीपल) to माणकी (a weight of 64 tolas, मानकन्द); the section continues on PDF 748, beyond this…

A powder of sugar, liquorice and long pepper is said to calm even violent hiccup. Gold and red ochre mixed with ghee, or realgar mixed with ghee, are also licked.

An antidote powder including realgar and orpiment, mixed with the group of urines and the salts and kept in a horn, said to revive even a dying person.

Equal parts of manjishtha, licorice, both drumsticks, turmeric, lac, realgar, orpiment, ingudi, cardamom and renuka are powdered, mixed with the urines (the commentary: eight kinds) and the…

A paste of mustards, rock salt, vacha, kushtha, realgar, orpiment and a sharp poison with black mushkaka ash and arka latex, applied in kushtha.

A powdered paste of white and ordinary mustard, rock salt, vacha, kushtha, realgar, orpiment and a sharp poison, mixed with black mushkaka ash and arka latex, is applied in kushtha. Verse…

Pure menstrual blood is red like liquid realgar, the paste of hamsapadi, hare's blood, lac juice or bright saffron, and when washed from a cloth it comes out without staining it; the…

Pure semen is very unctuous, fragrant and sweet, like crystal, honey or sesame oil; pure menstrual blood is red like liquid realgar, hamsapadi paste, hare's blood, lac juice or bright…