A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c58.436

v4.c58.436

⁹⁵⁹ It is quoted as Kakṣapuṭa IX: 2.228–256 (the preparation of a bhasman of mercury; in combination with a powder, made from several drugs, it constitutes an excellent medicine and cures many diseases, if used in keeping with the rules) and 317–318 (description of cinnabar); 3.246 (on ayaskṛti); 4.14 (disorders caused by unpurified mākṣika) and 511 (bhaṅgā, ahiphena and dhuttūra constitute a group called malina; taken together, these drugs cure śītajvara and are helpful in the purification of mercury).