A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c49.s1.8

v3.c49.s1.8

The subjects of chapter two (130–210) are: sulphur (gandhaka), its varieties, purification, the uses of purified sulphur, the preparation of gandhataila, the removal of the bad smell, and the transmutation of metals by means of sulphur (130–149); the varieties, purification, the extraction of the essence, and medicinal uses of gairika (146–149), kāsīsa (149–152), kānkṣī or tuvarī (152–154), haritāla (155–196), manaḥśilā (196–201), añjana (201–207), and kaṅkuṣṭha (207–210).