A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s1.3

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Chapter four (pāradaprasaṅga; 7–220) deals with the blemishes of mercury (7–8), the eighteen saṃskāras (39–40), śodhana (40–51), svedana (51–53), mardana (54–56), uddhṛti (56–57), 2 ūrdhvapātana (57–60), adhapātana (60–61), adhapātana followed by ūrdhvapātana (61–63), tiryakpātana (63), rodhana or nirodha (63–66), niyāmana (66–69), dīpana (69–71), anuvāsana (71), the plants called rasamūlikā (72–73), two easy ways of complete purification of mercury (73–75), grāsana (75–93; verses on the preparation of viḍas 3 and a viḍavatī form part of this section), gandhakajāra-ṇa (94–98), abhrakasattvajāraṇa (98–99), mūrchanā (99–126; the preparation of rasasindūra, rasakarpūra, pītarasa, kṛṣṇarasa, parpaṭīrasa, rasatālaka, makaradhvaja, and svarṇasindūra forms part of this section), bandhana (126–129), saṃcāraṇa (129–130), garbhadṛuti (130–132), jāraṇa (132–142; related subjects dealt with are the vajramūṣā, viḍas, and a viḍavatī), grāsamāna (140–141), māraṇa (142–156), bhasmī-karaṇa (156–176), the medicinal uses of mercurial ashes (bhasman) and the anupānas to be taken (176–190), a few rasayogas (190–192: vajrapaṅjarasa, pañcāmṛta), the regimen that precedes the taking of mercurial preparations (192–195: kṣetrīkaraṇa), rules accompanying their use (195–205), the disorders resulting from improper use of mercury and the treatment of these disorders (205–213), niyāmaka plants (214), the plants called mūlikā (215–217), and plants and substances used in the killing (māraṇa) of mercury (217–220).