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# Rasarnava 12.133

Rasārṇava 12.133

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.rasarnava.12.133)

citrakastrividho jñeyo raktaḥ kṛṣṇo rasāyane  
śuklo vyādhipraśamane śreṣṭho madhyaḥ kanīyasaḥ //

> Citraka is to be known as threefold: red and black in rejuvenating alchemy, / and white in subduing disease—the best, the middling, and the least.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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