[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Rasendracudamani](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani) › 11.5 # Rasendracudamani 11.5 Rasendracūḍāmaṇi 11.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.5) {sulfur:: medic. properties} gandhāśmātirasāyanaḥ samadhuraḥ pāke kaṭūṣṇānvitaḥ kaṇḍūkuṣṭhavisarpadadrudamano dīptānalaḥ pācanaḥ / āmonmocanaśoṣaṇo viṣaharaḥ sūtendravīryaprado gaurīpuṣpabhavastathā krimiharaḥ sattvātmakaḥ sūtajit // > Sulphur is a great rejuvenator, sweet in taste, pungent upon digestion, hot, dispeller of itching, dermatosis, erysipelas, and ringworm, igniter of the fire, digestive; > Remover and drier of unassimilated waste, poison-destroying, bestower of virility to mercury, sprung from Gaurī's menstrual blood, worm-destroying, endowed with metallic essence, and conqueror of mercury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.4) - [Next: 11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.6) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani~en-mt.11.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasaratnasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasaratnasamuccaya.3.19) — Vāgbhaṭa (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.11.5) · Pramāṇa