A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.91.4

v3.c43.s29.91.4

The chapter goes on with the description of gandhakajārana, i.e., the digestion of sulphur by mercury (25–29ab) and various procedures for the killing of mercury (29cd–41). The remaining part of the chapter consists of recipes for a number of rasaushadhas against various diseases (42–289). ¹⁰³³ It ends with some verses on the purification of jaipāla (290) and poisons (291–294), which may be later additions because the commentators are silent on them.