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Where Mercury (parada) is used

पारा (पारद)

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Mineral

Mercury (parada)

पारद · रस · रसेन्द्र · सूत · पारा · पारद

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Recorded uses

From the ingredient lists and links of curated records, in both directions.

Formulations containing it

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Ghee with bound mercury, triphala and haritakiKilled mercury taken with gold, milk and jaggeryMica and mercury with plant juicesPaste that brings lustre to the facePerfected mercury joined with goldSiddha ghee-nectar (siddhaghritamrita)Tutthadi collyrium

Procedures using it

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Copper and gold globule fed to mercuryDigesting gold (bija) in purified mercuryDigesting tikshna iron, gold and makshika in mercury, and smearing copper and silver sheetsFeeding mica to mercury with arama-shitala and vrishchikaFixing (stambhana) of mercuryKilling (marana) of mercuryLamp (dipana) process for mercuryMaking and treating the eye probesProcessing mica with gold and joining it to mercuryPurification (shodhana) of mercurySarana, pratisarana and anusarana of mercuryStrengthening mercury by making it fire-resistantSwooning (murcchana) of mercury with old jaggeryTaking the perfected mercury with gold bhasmaTransfer (sankramana) of mercury with five plant juices

Conditions mentioned with it

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Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Kushtha (chronic skin diseases)

Organs and systems mentioned

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EyesSkin

Other ingredients used together

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Count of shared preparations.

Gold (svarna)×11Mica (abhraka)×6Milk (ksheera)×3Copper (tamra)×3Palasha (flame of the forest)×3Breast milk×3Sour fermented gruel (kanjika)×3Trikatu (three pungents)×3Orpiment (haratala)×2Silver (rajata)×2Lead (naga, sisaka)×2Jaggery (guda)×2Jiraka (cumin)×2Salt group (lavanavarga)×2Vida (digesting mixture for mercury)×2Pyrite (makshika)×2Sulphur (gandhaka)×2Rock salt (saindhava)×2

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Binding of mercury: the practitionerBlack shilajatu kalpaBuilding the mercury workshopFixing mercuryGreatness of perfected mercuryGreatness of perfected mercury: preparations for useHow killed mercury is takenHow the perfected mercury is takenMaking the eye probesMethod of processing mercuryOpening of chapter 24Plant glossary, letter section प (entries 1–48: पटोल to प्लक्ष)

Course sessions

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Mercury and rejuvenating preparations

Questions and answers

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How is mercury purified (shodhana) in this chapter?What are the three processes of mercury named at the start of chapter 24, and what result does the text give for each?What is सूत in the glossary?What quality does the text say each process gives to mercury?Why does the text set out a faultless method of binding mercury, and what must come before the work begins?

Plant glossary entries

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प्रभुसूत

Related entries

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Black shilajatu (usha) kalpa for producing goldBuilding the mercury workshop (rasashala)Fixing (stambhana) of mercuryGarbhadruti (liquefying within mercury)Gems (ratna)Jaggery (guda)Jiraka (cumin)Life span (ayu)Mercurial and mineral preparation (rasa aushadhi)Palasha (flame of the forest)Processing of mercury (rasa samskara)Processing with gems; splitting the diamondPurification (shodhana) of mercuryRasayana (rejuvenation)Shilajit (shilajatu)The physician (vaidya)Wood apple (kapittha)

Every page that names it

Named 39 times on 17 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.